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

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

covici@ccs.covici.com <covici@ccs.covici.com> [09-09-19 15:19]:
> Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Saturday 19 September 2009, meino.cramer@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.

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> 
>          John Covici
>          covici@ccs.covici.com

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           Meino Christian Cramer
           Meino.Cramer@gmx.de
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