How to deal with "A stop job is running" in Debian 9 for 90s, once every 2 or 3 shutdowns?

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                          When I'm turning my Debian Stretch (9) off, chances are that I see something like:



So a have a few questions:

1) It seems like a bug that's not been solved yet (it's been around for a few years). By "bug" I mean Linux should turn off faster than Windows; if it doesn't, there's a bug.

2) Since this bug seems hard to isolate and solve, maybe a "Esc to cancel" would solve a big part of the problem.

3) I have programming experience, but not with Linux Kernel and such. Am I advised to try to include "Esc to cancel" myself? If so, which file should I change? May I compile only this file, or something more?

EDIT

Contents of /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf

    # GDM configuration storage
    #
    # See /usr/share/gdm/gdm.schemas for a list of available options.
    
    [daemon]
    # Uncoment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
    #WaylandEnable=false
    
    # Enabling automatic login
    #  AutomaticLoginEnable = true
    #  AutomaticLogin = user1
    
    # Enabling timed login
    #  TimedLoginEnable = true
    #  TimedLogin = user1
    #  TimedLoginDelay = 10
    
    [security]
    
    [xdmcp]
    
    [chooser]
    
    [debug]
    # Uncomment the line below to turn on debugging
    # More verbose logs
    # Additionally lets the X server dump core if it crashes
    #Enable=true


                        

Asked by Rodrigo (1894 rep)

Jan 25, 2019, 03:57 PM
Last activity: Jun 7, 2025, 11:01 AM

How to deal with "A stop job is running" in Debian 9 for 90s, once every 2 or 3 shutdowns?

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