Re: [gentoo-user] Shutting down process hangs - how to proceed?

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

> 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?

Keep hacking!
mcc

---
Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments
unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.