meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > cov...@ccs.covici.com <cov...@ccs.covici.com> [09-09-19 15:19]: > > Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Saturday 19 September 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > cleaner shutdown. This is taken from a email that was sent to me > > > > > during > > > > > that horrible xorg-server and hal upgrade. > > > > > > > > > > > Hold down Atl, hold down SysRq, press each of the keys in turn. The > > > > > > usual full sequence is R-E-I-S-U-B Reboot Even If System Utterly > > > > > > Broken By ${DEITY} - this tagline picker is spooky at times :-O > > > > > > -- Neil Bothwick > > > > > > > > > > I tried this once when I was unable to get my keyboard to respond to > > > > > anything else. I made it through the first three or four and was > > > > > returned to a console with a working keyboard. Since you are shutting > > > > > down, you may want to go through them all to be safe. I think the > > > > > last > > > > > one does a reboot. > > > > > > > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > > > > > > > Dale > > > > > > > > > > :-) :-) > > > > > > > > Hi Dale, > > > > > > > > thanks a lot for your help!!! :) > > > > > > > > This will help to bring donw the machine in an more > > > > cleaner way as simply pressing the power switch ;-) > > > > > > > > But: > > > > How can I figure out, what hangs the shutdown process itsself? > > > > > > Last time I came across a problem like this I had forgotten to select the > > > right chipset under Graphics support/AGP Support/ in the kernel. So I > > > suggest you revisit your kernel and xorg drivers setups for your card. > > > -- > > Hi. I have a somewhat similar problem, when I shutdown it goes all the > > way to the end, but instead of shutting down, it says > > init: nomore processes left in this runlevel. This is fine if I am > > here, but from a remote location it would not work, so how can I figure > > out why this is happening? I think this started when I went to > > baselayout 2, but not certain of that. > > > > I solved the problem: > > /etc/slim.conf has the > > daemon = no > > flag, so the boot process seems optically ok but hangs right > after slim hast started. > Shutting down the system tries to stop services/processes/action, > which never has been started...which fails in a hang. > > I dont know exactly...but...if that flag is the default configuration > when installing slim I would suggest to change it to > > daemon = yes > > to prevent users like me to spend the weekend in searching for a > problem in the shutdown process. > I don't have such a file, or as far as I know, such a package. My shutdown does not hang, it just says no more processes left at this run level and sits there forever and will not restart the system.
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