From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Nov 10 22:33:36 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24DA106566B
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:33:36 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de)
Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 745EC8FC14
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:33:36 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-97-236.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.97.236])
	by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58AA41E37B;
	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:33:35 +0100 (CET)
Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id nAAMXYYH003306;
	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:33:34 +0100 (CET)
	(envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:33:34 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com>
Message-Id: <20091110233334.7eb22144.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <316911.77454.qm@web56504.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
References: <316911.77454.qm@web56504.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Organization: EDVAX
X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: wdm and xdm problems - related to HAL?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
Reply-To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:33:36 -0000

A little sidenote:

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:06:04 -0800 (PST), Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com> wrote:
> If I am using xdm and I log out of the window manager and then
> attempt to shut down the computer - by going to tty 0 and typing
> # halt -p - the disk syncs and then the shutdown freezes.

You should use the shutdown command (instead of halt)a to make
sure services are stopped correctly. The halt command does not
take care of this topic.

	# shutdown -p now

Does the freeze happen if you press the power button (which
should initate the mechanism above), too?




-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...