Re: Shut down or restart

2008-12-18 Thread gifutiger
h one is not responding. Best regards, Harry San Jose, Ca On Dec 16, 12:29 pm, norm46 wrote: > Shut down or restart does not work with software. > Hardware Overview: > >   Model Name:   Power Mac G4 >   Model Identifier:     PowerMac3,3 >   Processor Name:       PowerPC G4 (3.

Re: Shut down or restart

2008-12-18 Thread gifutiger
one of the PCI - USB cards was generating a constant alert. I removed that card and everything returned to normal. Best regards Harry San Jose, CA On Dec 16, 12:29 pm, norm46 wrote: > Shut down or restart does not work with software. > Hardware Overview: > >   Model Name:   Power Mac

Re: Shut down or restart

2008-12-17 Thread norm46
It will start to shut down and I'm left with my screen saver. Some time spinning spokes like on a wagon wheel. Then nothing. Norm On Dec 16, 4:40 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Dec 16, 2008, at 1:29 PM, norm46 wrote: > > > I must shutdown with the front switch or restart with the restart > > swit

Re: Shut down or restart

2008-12-16 Thread Gus
adrunner.com> wrote: > Shut down or restart does not work with software. you can try shutting down or restarting using the terminal and seeing what error it gives.. just a thought. to shutdown and halt - $ sudo shutdown -h now or to restart $ sudo shutdown -r now it will ask you fo

Re: Shut down or restart

2008-12-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 16, 2008, at 1:29 PM, norm46 wrote: > I must shutdown with the front switch or restart with the restart > switch. It's not uncommon for faulty USB or firewire devices, or malfuntioning programs to cause this issue. Does it start to shut down and cancel or does nothing happen when se

Re: Shut down or restart

2008-12-16 Thread Clark Martin
norm46 wrote: > Shut down or restart does not work with software. > Hardware Overview: > > Model Name: Power Mac G4 > Model Identifier: PowerMac3,3 > Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (3.3) > Processor Speed:1 GHz > Number Of CPUs: 1 > L2 Cache (pe

Shut down or restart

2008-12-16 Thread norm46
Shut down or restart does not work with software. Hardware Overview: Model Name: Power Mac G4 Model Identifier: PowerMac3,3 Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (3.3) Processor Speed: 1 GHz Number Of CPUs: 1 L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB