Thanks for the sysvinit help maacruz and auouymous. I am glad I got DT installed, it's definitely a noticeable improvement.

I am experiencing an additional issue now. When I shutdown my N810 it reboots itself. Then I shutdown a second time, immediately after the automatic reboot, and it shuts down properly. This seems to be consistent behavior since installing DT. Is it possibly related to the freeze-at-shutdown issue you initially mentioned? Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.