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Fix Slow Shutdown “A stop job is running for xxx” Issue in Ubuntu

Last updated: October 23, 2024

The shutdown process in Ubuntu computer sometimes may be really slow. It gets stuck at purple screen with Ubuntu logo and the dots for quite a few seconds.

Press F2 (or Esc) on keyboard when shutting down Ubuntu. It prompts that ‘A stop job is running for Snappy Daemon (or some other jobs)’ with a timer (1min 30s) at the end.

It is obviously an issue stopping the snappy daemon. I DON’T know how to fix the problem unless removing all snap applications and the daemon.

A workaround to this problem is to reduce this timeout, from 90s down to for example 10s.

1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to edit the /etc/systemd/system.conf file.

sudo gedit /etc/systemd/system.conf

For Ubuntu 24.04, replace gedit with gnome-text-editor, or use mousepad for XFCE, pluma for MATE, nano command line that works for all desktops.

When the file opens, change the line #DefaultTimeoutStopSec=90s to DefaultTimeoutStopSec=10s and save it. For nano, press Ctrl+S to save, then Ctrl+X to exit.

2. Then either reboot or run command to reload the systemd daemon.

systemctl daemon-reload

Done.

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    3 responses to Fix Slow Shutdown “A stop job is running for xxx” Issue in Ubuntu

    1. FanfaronAli December 8, 2019 at 11:40 am

      Thank you so much. A very old problem solved in a minute, thanks to you (december 2019) !

    2. Hozan June 4, 2020 at 7:22 am

      It works 100%

    3. wladicus July 21, 2020 at 12:36 am

      This does not work in my case. I have tried several solutions posted on the internet and none of them have worked thus far. My system is Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and it was working just fine until I made some modifications somewhere (can’t remember what they were exactly). Ever since the system has been hanging up on shutdown and reboot.

      I found a way to get out of the hangup without holding the power button on the computer until it powers off. I press Alt+SysRq+b keys all together and then release them. This forces a reboot into my grub menu where I select Windows 10 and then power down out of Windows.

      I hope someone comes up with a solution for my case soon. I am not an expert in Linux, just goof around with this and that.