From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 2 16:57:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 472E916A4CF for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:57:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from be-well.no-ip.com (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D50B643D58 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:57:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 797DE11; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 19:57:05 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: Trey Sizemore References: <3FF4FBB2.5050207@fastmail.fm> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 02 Jan 2004 19:57:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: <3FF4FBB2.5050207@fastmail.fm> Message-ID: <44smixvogu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 44 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't shutdown, logout, or restart cleanly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 00:57:17 -0000 Trey Sizemore 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"