On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 09:04 -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > 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. I fixed this by loading the second most recent kernel (2.6.11.1.1369_FC4) instead of the most recent kernel (2.6.14-1.1656_FC4) from the Grub menu. A lucky guess -- does anyone have any idea as to why this worked? For example, what does the difference between "1369_FC4" and "1656_FC4" mean in the name of a kernel?
