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

[covici@ccs.covici.com]

meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:

> 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.
> 
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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