Hi All, I have come across this debilitating affliction which means that I can no longer shutdown properly my laptop. It looks as if the kernel crashes when xorg is trying to unload the radeon driver - but I am not sure - please see attached pic. This what I am currently running: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6(07:49:06 05/23/09)(hal input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_synaptics nptl sdl video_cards_radeon xorg -3dfx -debug -dmx -input_devices_acecad -input_devices_aiptek -input_devices_calcomp -input_devices_citron -input_devices_digitaledge -input_devices_dmc -input_devices_dynapro -input_devices_elo2300 -input_devices_elographics -input_devices_fpit -input_devices_hyperpen -input_devices_jamstudio -input_devices_joystick -input_devices_magellan -input_devices_microtouch -input_devices_mutouch -input_devices_palmax -input_devices_penmount -input_devices_spaceorb -input_devices_summa -input_devices_tek4957 -input_devices_tslib -input_devices_ur98 -input_devices_virtualbox -input_devices_vmmouse -input_devices_void -input_devices_wacom -ipv6 -kdrive -minimal -tslib -video_cards_apm -video_cards_ark -video_cards_ast -video_cards_chips -video_cards_cirrus -video_cards_dummy -video_cards_epson -video_cards_fbdev -video_cards_fglrx -video_cards_geode -video_cards_glint -video_cards_i128 -video_cards_i740 -video_cards_impact -video_cards_imstt -video_cards_intel -video_cards_mach64 -video_cards_mga -video_cards_neomagic -video_cards_newport -video_cards_nv -video_cards_nvidia -video_cards_r128 -video_cards_radeonhd -video_cards_rendition -video_cards_s3 -video_cards_s3virge -video_cards_savage -video_cards_siliconmotion -video_cards_sis -video_cards_sisusb -video_cards_sunbw2 -video_cards_suncg14 -video_cards_suncg3 -video_cards_suncg6 -video_cards_sunffb -video_cards_sunleo -video_cards_suntcx -video_cards_tdfx -video_cards_tga -video_cards_trident -video_cards_tseng -video_cards_v4l -video_cards_vermilion -video_cards_vesa -video_cards_via -video_cards_virtualbox -video_cards_vmware -video_cards_voodoo -video_cards_xgi) x11-base/xorg-x11-7.2 Is there anything I can do to fix this? -- Regards, Mick