#7531 HIGH 8.2.1: shutdown sometimes appears to hang - need ctl-alt-F2 for it to complete

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#7531: shutdown sometimes appears to hang - need ctl-alt-F2 for it to complete
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   Reporter:  mikus         |       Owner:                       
       Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                  
   Priority:  high          |   Milestone:  8.2.1                
  Component:  not assigned  |     Version:  not specified        
 Resolution:                |    Keywords:  relnote blocks-:8.2.0
Next_action:  diagnose      |    Verified:  0                    
  Blockedby:                |    Blocking:                       
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Comment(by dsd):

 This smells a bit like a bug I solved at a previous internship. Is chvt
 involved in the shutdown sequence?

 chvt can hang indefinitely due to a race with the kernel, X, or even
 another chvt. I worked around this by moving some of the logic into
 userspace for that company's software release. See
 http://www.brontes3d.com/opensource/dist/v1.2/overlay/sys-
 apps/kbd/files/kbd-1.12-chvt-userwait.patch

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