From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MpPUa-0007Dc-Lw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:42:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 39D15E08D1; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:42:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [66.135.63.43]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7AA0E08D1 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:42:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-70-109-54-11.clppva.fios.verizon.net [70.109.54.11]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8KGgOFx020742 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:42:26 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n8KGgLwF026944 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:42:24 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Shutting down process hangs - how to proceed? In-reply-to: <20090920162331.GD5807@solfire> References: <20090919013959.GA5295@solfire> <4AB43A71.5080805@gmail.com> <20090919020840.GB5295@solfire> <200909191028.14764.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <5858.1253366175@ccs.covici.com> <20090920162331.GD5807@solfire> Comments: In-reply-to meino.cramer@gmx.de message dated "Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:23:31 +0200." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.1.1 Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:42:21 -0400 Message-ID: <26942.1253464941@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: c716f452-dbef-4401-8ae0-aa7aee9a3076 X-Archives-Hash: bf4ef04cbc5b9e5f3c6ee9a6e19b2aed meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > covici@ccs.covici.com [09-09-19 15:19]: > > Mick 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. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com