On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 17:15 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 21:59 -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > > My FC4 system hangs in that interval after logging off (or shutting > > down) from KDE but before the Fedora login screen comes on. I can > > move a cursor around with the mouse on the blank screen but get no > > response from clicking it, or from hitting anything on the keyboard. > > So, the reset button -- after which a command-line login appears and > > there's a normal-looking shutdown. The re-boot and login look normal. > > > > Is there some other way of logging off (or shutting) down that might > > give me a clue as to what's happening? > > > > I suspect a USB-related hardware issue but don't know for sure. > > What about the reset button? Something appears to be missing from the > sentence. > "So, the reset button" should read "So I hit the reset button." > One chance to see where the problem might be is to switch over to a text > console (e.g. CTRL+ALT+F1), log in as root, then issue the poweroff > command and watch the sequence of events. > The system just shuts down normally. > You could also try just doing a telinit 3 or 1 in there, instead of > poweroff, if you want to see whether quitting the GUI without going as > far as shutting down shows up where a problemm is. > This is a neat diagnostic tool! When I do a teleinit 3 the first message is: PuteA login: FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq (/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4/kernel/aaarch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): No such device Then I get normal-looking service start-up lines (with an OK at the end of each) for pcmcia, irqbalance, lmsensors, and anacron. Then the system hangs. Googling acpi_cpufreq gives me plenty of users saying they have problems related to this message (or at least are getting the message). But I haven't found any solutions yet! Again, my specific problem occurs in logging off from KDE using the GUI. The system hangs before the login screen comes up. Thanks for the help! Jerry
