Date: 02 Jan 2004 19:57:05 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't shutdown, logout, or restart cleanly Message-ID: <44smixvogu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <3FF4FBB2.5050207@fastmail.fm> References: <3FF4FBB2.5050207@fastmail.fm>
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Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> writes: > I am running 5.2-CURRENT on my PII-400 desktop. I have done 3 > installs of FreeBSD each time cvsupping to 5.2 current (using ISOs for > 5.1 and 5.2) to do the initial install. > > EVERY time I get the following problem. When I try to logout, reboot, > or shutdown the machine from X, the machine locks up (no mouse or > keyboard response) and I have to do a cold reboot. I am presented > with the black text screen seen during bootup right before it launches > X (sorry, don't know what to call it) with my > > login: > > prompt (again, no response from keyboard or mouse input...it's like X > shuts down entirely and then the machine locks trying to go to the > next step). This happens whether I use xdm, kdm, or gdm. I have seen > other posts with some similar symptoms refer to ACPI and disabling > this (I can't find the entry in my BIOS to turn this off). It's an > old Asus P2B motherboard. I'm not even sure it's the problem, but I'm > willing to look at anything! 5.1 has an errata entry describing how to disable the ACPI code in that release: there's a new and supposedly easy way of doing this in 5.2, but I haven't seen it yet (I'm still on 4.x myself). > I really want to use FreeBSD, but having to do constant cold restarts > when I shutdown or try to switch users is going to get old fast (not > to mention the eventual damage to my files...even though I've got soft > updates enabled;) ) > > I will provide any additional input I can, I realize it's not much to > go on now, but hopefully those more knowledgeable than me can guide me > to some things to look at to figure out why this is happening. Does this happen with the release versions? Does it happen if you don't enable X at all? [In other words, is this an OS problem or an X11 problem...] How did you install X, and what does your X configuration look like? -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area: resume/CV at http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/resume/ username/password "public"
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