From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 20 06:19:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA07675 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 06:19:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1.vnet.net (smtp1.vnet.net [166.82.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA07670 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 06:18:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp1.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA13135; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:18:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA21675; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:01:58 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) id JAA23183; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:19:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:19:11 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199811201419.JAA23183@lakes.dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, pentium@cio.net Subject: Re: what is signal 15? In-Reply-To: <36555F18.B79E4110@cio.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > when I #shutdown -h now, I get > >

Nov 20 02:19:05 Abados syslogd: exited on signal 15 > >

then when I try to reboot the computer freezes and I have to turn the > power off to restart, > >

what is this signal 15 and how might I stop this from > recurring??? > Signal 15 is SIGTERM. The message is being printed because the shutdown command sends the SIGTERM signal to syslogd. That is, shutdown informs syslogd it's time to shutdown... syslogd prints a message that it received the signal and exited. It is acting correctly... That is; the message is expected. But - it seems you're real problem is that you have to turn the power off to restart... when you do restart, it should cause the machine to be reset and begin its normal cold start (POST) tests. But; some machines don't work that way; and some newer ATX machines have problems... Can you tell us what machine you have; what motherboard, etc... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message