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Frank Nocke
Asked: 2016-10-27 19:57:07 +0800 CST

Where in Ubuntu 16.04 is the shutdown log?

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Yes, I am aware of this this this and this answer.

Still, I can't find the log information (the log lines I see when pressing ESC during splash screen. For example ‘stopped Target User and Group Name Lookups.’ ...) in any of the possible suspects in var/logs.

I.e. by looking at the most recently changed files: (my shutdown was at 11:20h, thus only these files can possibly matter)

/var/log $ ll -tr | tail
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root      root  27K 2016-10-27 11:03  Xorg.0.log.old
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 root      utmp    0 2016-10-27 11:20  wtmp
    -rw-r----- 1 syslog    adm     0 2016-10-27 11:20  kern.log
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root      root    0 2016-10-27 11:20  boot.log
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root      root    0 2016-10-27 11:20  gpu-manager
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root      root    0 2016-10-27 11:21  gpu-manager.log
    -rw-r----- 1 root      adm     0 2016-10-27 11:21  apport.log
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root      root    0 2016-10-27 11:21  Xorg.0.log
    -rw-r----- 1 syslog    adm  3,0K 2016-10-27 11:21  auth.log
    -rw-r----- 1 syslog    adm   194 2016-10-27 11:21  syslog

Did things change? Do I have to enable (persistent) shutdown logging somewhere?

My shutdown did not fail, took 15-20 seconds and completed. (Multiple runs before I asked this question, naturally). If you wonder about the 0-bytes: Truncated (emptied) those log files before shutdown for simplicity.

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