Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 12:03:41 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2R (src 2.2 211): <ctrl><alt><del> == dialing Message-ID: <199703221903.MAA11954@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <19970322184530.BI55538@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970320205308.152B-100000@Pkrw.tcn.net> <19970322184530.BI55538@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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> > I am running 2.2R plus 210 & 211. I have user ppp set up and working > > great, except for one thing. Whenever I do <ctrl><alt><del> the system > > quickly dials out and then hangs up before rebooting. When I use > > 'shutdown -r now' (my usual method!) this does not occur. > > For some strange reason, the `shutdown_nice()' in the kernel sends a > SIGHUP to all processes first. I've also noticed messages like > ``Reloading nameserver'' or such. That's because that's the way init(8) shuts things down normally. 'shutdown_nice()' simply lets sends a special ignal to init(8) like shutdown/reboot(8). Nate
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