On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 21:04 +0100, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote: > Verily I say unto thee, that Patrick spake thusly: > > Hi, > > > > Intermittently when I shutdown my laptop with up-to-date FC6 the > > shutdown process hangs at "Turning off quotas". It just sits there in > > thin air. Also tried waiting for a few minutes but it seems to hang > > forever. Anyone know what's causing this and how I might fix this? > > Try this: > > Go to runlevel 3 > ~]# init 3 > > Have a look at /etc/init.d/halt > ~]# less /etc/init.d/halt > > One step at a time, execute the sequence of steps in the "halt" script. > > Keep an eye on /var/log/messages > > In particular, watch what happens when you manually run this: > > ~]# /sbin/quotaoff -aug > > Run ps and look for zombies: > > ~]# ps -eLf | grep defunct > > Try to manually remove modules, one at a time, and see if it makes any > difference: > > ~]# lsmod | less > ~]# rmmod <module name> > > I'd guess that something isn't letting go of its resources when it's > told to die by killall during halt. Check carefully what you are running > during the course of a session, and see if *not* running any particular > thing makes a difference. Thanks Keith. I will give it a try and see what surfaces. I think it may be related to a mounted nfs share. Will report back if I find something useful. Regards, Patrick
