On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 02:10:29 +0100 "jon kersten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > I just installed Red Hat 5.2. Logged on to root. typed xdm, got the > log in screen. Logged in as root again. I now can not seem to shut > down the computer. ctrlaltdel doesn't work. Shutdown -h now in the > term window doesn't seem to work, it just goes back to the xwindow log > in screen. Is it safe to power down at this point? I have FVWM2 > window manager. Thanks in advance, I have searched all 1020 pages of > the SAMS book Red Hat Linux Unleashed and 861 pages of QUE's Using > Unix. Jon Kersten > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes shutdown crashes (I don't know why) and leaves a 'hard-to-kill' process in memory. While this process is running, you can't re-execute shutdown. kill -anything doesn't affect the process, but eventually it dies, allowing you to successfully re-execute shutdown. If there is no shutdown process running, try logging in as root from the console(ie not in X or fvwm) and execute shutdown from there. -- Stuart Logie Programmer UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SERVICES (PTY) LTD Tel : (011) 712 1371 Cell : 082 902 5632 Fax : (011) 339 3421 Internet : http://ucs.co.za Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To err is human, To purr feline. -- Robert Byrne Powered by Debian GNU/Linux - testing/unstable -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
