Shutting gentoo down

Annom · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 1:13 am Post subject: Shutting gentoo down

hey all, i have to probs as gentoo is shuttin down, the first is as it displays all the modules and protocols that its shutting down e.g. wen it says sending kill signal, then in brackets [ok], well it says shutting down gdm, and then says fails and has [!!] after it, wats causing this problem?

and the last problem is when it gets to the point and says power off, it doesnt actually power off, where as it used to shutdown on its own, now its doin this, anybody know why?
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kevmille · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:20 am Post subject:

Sounds like you are using kernel 2.4.22??? I had the same problem with this on my notebook. Try using the 2.6 test kernel.
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X · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:50 am Post subject:

To get your machine to power down you have to enable apci in the kernel.

gdm [!!] isn't worth worrying about.

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DarrenM · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:28 am Post subject:

Not necessarily. You will also get that kind of error if it failed to start in the first place.

Isn't the login manager usually started by the xdm init script? If you have both in there, they will be conflicting.

CDLM · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:10 am Post subject:

actually xdm script prints "Starting/Stopping gdm" if you use gdm

gdm stops itself when you click the shutdown button, therefore when the init script gets there it says "WTF gdm isnt running! [!!]"

at least, I think I'm right...

- Dave -

DarrenM · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:32 am Post subject:

Ah ok, I use kdm. I just assumed gdm would have the same behaviour

Annom · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:36 am Post subject:

lol thanks for the help, ill update my kernal and see if that helps

, thanks again
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