Fran Parker wrote:
> That could be true flupke, mine is a VIA chipset.
>
> It doesn't seem to hurt anything, if I accidentally choose
> shutdown, I just choose alt-cntrl-del and it finishes it.
>
> But if it can be fixed...cool. I will look into it with my system.
>
> Thanks,
> Bambi
>
> Now do you you know how to get lxdoom to work..it says it can't
> find an IWAD...I have downloaded the shareware 1.8 wad file,
> I have gone to get the iwad file they had and unzipped it...doom1.wad
> Anyway it can't find it and I tried to run it in terminal window to see
> it's complaints ... they only thing it says besides the memory size is
> it can't find an IWAD file!
>
> I am at a lose as to how to proceed. Any help?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Bambi
>
> flupke wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I didn't follow this tread from the begining, so I hope I won't say
> > anything stoopid or something that has already been said.
> > If I understand, the problem here is all the dump of the stack and
> > registers caused by a page default or something at the end of a shutdown.
> >
> > I have the same problem. I think it only happens on Motherboards with VIA
> > chips. I don't mind about it since it doesn't cause any damage, but it is
> > nice to get rid of that bad stuff.
> > I solved the problem by modifying the /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt file and
> > change the line
> > eval $command -i -d -p
> > to
> > eval $command -i -d
> >
> > PS : http://www.mandrakeuser.org/troubles/tquick1.html :-)
> >
> > HTH
> > Flupke
> >
> > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Fran Parker wrote:
> >
> > > I second what Ronald wrote...I went to DRAKCONF and
> > > found it there no problem and disabled it. Shutdown and
> > > there were all the things on the screen again...full screen
> > > all over the screen...
> > >
> > > I also already had the power management in KDE disabled
> > > as well.
> > >
> > > Oh, well it was worth a shot.
> > >
> > > Anyway, reboot works just fine :)
> > >
> > > Bambi
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ronald J. Hall" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Paul wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Log in as root, or run "su"
> > > > > Then run "setup" in a console
> > > > > Go to system services, and uncheck the APM daemon. it is right below the
> > > > > anacron daemon.
> > > > > After a reboot you're all set!
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > Hi. Well, I opened up a shell on my desktop,
> > > > ran su, password, typed in "setup" and it told
> > > > me, "bash: command not found".
> > > >
> > > > So I went into the DRAKCONF and ran startup,
> > > > found it (under anacron, like you said) and
> > > > disabled it. Unfortunately, after powering
> > > > down, and rebooting, the problem still exists.
> > > > I also have dmps disabled from the kde desktop
> > > > (don't know if that needed to be or not). Any
> > > > other possible ideas as to what it might be?
> > > >
> > > > (Thanks to Dennis Myers for the DRAKCONF tip)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks much!
> > > >
> > > > PS Did you see the reply I posted with the details
> > > > on the screen that I'm left with? Maybe you can
> > > > find a clue there...
> > > >
> > > > See ya...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > << There's no place like ~ ! >>
Just took a look at the specs on my motherboard (Soyo 5EMA+) and it has an ETEQ
chipset, guess what ETEQ is just another name for VIA, don't suppose Mandrake
Soft has a patch out to fix this glitch? Anyway the pattern seems to be
consistant.
