On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Martin Str|mberg wrote: > I seem to have a little problem with Ctrl-Alt-Del. When I'm going to turn off > my computer I usually press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot, and when the computer > reboots I turn it of. > > However, if I do Ctrl-Alt-Del (or hold down the keys just a little to long, > which to me seems to be a very short interval; which is the way I usually get > hit by this problem) several times quickly, the system won't reboot. > > Normally when the system reboots, is says something like "Sending processes > TERM signal" and "Sending processes KILL signal" and then something about > "cron > stopped" and goes on going down. But when this phenomenon appears, the message > about "Sending processes KILL signal" is the last thing displayed and then > the > system doesn't do anything. I have to push the reset button (Ouch!). > > I'm using debian 0.93R6 with kernel 1.2.13, slightly(?) adjusted to be able > to > mount my CD-ROM (ide.c and ide-cd.c from 1.3.9). > But this is reproducible on the original debian kernel as well (the one that > you create on a floppy during installation). > > Now my questions. Has anybody else seen this happen? How should I trace down > this problem?
If I'm not mistaken, it is a much better to reboot your system using the reboot and/or shutdown commands. I seem to remember someone saying not to use Ctrl-Alt-Del. shutdown -h should put your machine in a halted state for powerdown. You have to be root to use these commands. Syrus. ---------------------------------------------------------- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept.
