[quote="debiman"i also tried to set this to yes in /etc/systemd/logind.conf, and it seemed to have the opposite effect: it took even longer to shut down. but it's been 2 weeks, so i don't remember the details anymore.[/quote]
I confess, I didn't go about this very rigorously. Bounced around looking things up, only took rudimentary notes and applied all fixes at once. When that worked I quit trying to fix it. I take it that one was not the magic fix! But again it may well be any combination of two or three.
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