On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 08:51:52 -0500 Gerry Tool <gstool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > > Here's the problem: sometimes (not all the time), when I either log > > out, reboot or shutdown (from the GUI, not from a terminal window), > > I'll hit the ok or yes button to signify that I do want to log out, > > reboot or shutdown. But instead of doing what I ask, the monitor > > goes blank (with absolutely no warning or error messages) and the > > green light by the power switch changes color to the color that it > > becomes when it has no signal going into it. At this point, all I > > can do it hit the reset button and reboot. But when I do, it always > > says that I shut down uncleanly. (I am running ext3, and I am glad > > that I do, because I can just imagine all the wasted time I would > > have had with this problem if I had been running a non-journalling > > filesystem :)) > > > > I have also discovered, that I think that I have had almost perfect > > success rebooting and shutting down when I do "reboot" or "halt" > > from the command line. > > > > One more thing. The "Intermittent" part comes in because sometimes > > Red Hat 9 will log out/reboot/halt correctly even from a gui. > > As a test, edit your XF86Config file and comment out the line > > Load "dri" > > I had this problem with my Radeon 7500 card in Phoebe and in Mandrake > 9.1. > I have not experienced it in RHL9. > > Gerry Tool Hello, Gerry :) I apologize that I forgot to mention that I did exactly what you suggested in the above quoted message when I saw that same fix in a message a few days ago. It seemed to work for a few days, but now everything's back to the way it was, the issue with logging off/rebooting/halting and the issue of hanging after responding to the password prompt when "su"ing into root. I do thank you though for your help :) Steven P. Ulrick
