On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 09:15:28AM -0800, Michael Marino wrote: > When working with OpenSolaris 2008.11, Gnome can not shutdown/restart the > computer. Instead it seems to log out and then go to a completely white > screen. Will do nothing from there. Laptop is a Sony Vaio - model VGN-FZ180E. > Any workaround or help is appreciated.
I get this too, but my system does proceed to shutdown. How long are you waiting? This could be: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4799 in which there is a comment from another Vaio user.