IIRC, you also have to make sure that you have set up inittab to handle the signals propagated to Linux by VM.
Something like: ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -h now Could that be the culprit? Jon <snip> > We are Suse9 sp3+(2.6...252) This should *definitely* handle signals! Did SuSE turn this OFF in their kernel, for reasons unknown? Anyone got any light to shed? Something else is wrong, I suspect. </snip>