John Keller wrote: > guran wrote: > > In console give Ctrl-Alt-Del => > > Broadcast &c > > The system is going &c > > INIT: Switching to runlevel:6 > > INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal > > > > "the process is halted here and only shows:" > > ;2R > > "when I press Enter, I get " > > -bash: syntax error near unexpected token ';' > > "write shutdown -r now + Enter => new hang + Enter starts the reboot. > > I get the same thing when I use "shutdown" (either -r or -h) at the command > line (I'm also in UTF-8). I've found that I can backspace over the ";2R" and > hit enter. A new prompt will come up sometimes; other times, I can hit enter > several times and it starts up the shutdown process.
Further info: I get this problem as well when I have a session open in a virtual console and issue a shutdown/restart from GNOME. I can delete the ";2R", use control-D to logout, hit enter a couple of times -- and *then* the machine starts shutting down.
