On Thu, 2013-03-07 at 18:35 -0500, Bill Perkins wrote: > On 2013.03.07 18:21, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-03-07 at 15:17 -0500, Bill Perkins wrote: > > > The panic message displays on the console before the system freezes. > > > > > You need to boot your Fedora system without the "rhgb quiet" at the end > > > of the linux boot line in order to see all of the details, or hit the > > > ESC key at the right point in time during boot or shutdown. > > > > Removing "rhgb quiet" from the boot line is a very good idea. It's a > > lot more fun to watch the messages flash by under the 4 penguins than to > > watch a more or less empty screen. Unfortunately, the system puts the > > monitor to sleep after system shutdown, and the screen goes blank. I > > *think* I see messages about unmounting file systems and that I don't > > see a panic message, but I'm not sure. > > > > I'll try to find a monitor setting to keep the screen from going blank > > when it receives no signal. Any advice would be welcome: the monitor is > > an Acer P243W) > > Try tapping the shift key periodically during the shutdown and the > screen should stay lit. Once the system freezes with the panic > message, the screen may not go to sleep again until you reset the > system. If only... Tried tapping SHIFT lots of times during a couple of halts without result. Looked at the BIOS setup to see if there's anything relevant, nope. Similarly nothing obvious in the monitor manual. jon -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org