[NTLUG:Discuss] system hanging when shutting down or logging out

[Josh Miller]

will it let you switch over to one of the consoles after it other wise stops 
responding?


>From: "sathish Subramanian" <gounder72 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] system hanging when shutting down or logging 
>out
>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 13:37:54 -0500
>
>the problem of system hanging occurs only when i am either shutting down
>redhat or loggin out of it.
>it doesn't occur when i am booting either (linux or win2000) of the OS.
>
>sathish
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bug Hunter" <bughuntr at one.ctelcom.net>
>To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 12:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] system hanging when shutting down or logging
>out
>
>
> >
> >   This is a known problem (also exists with win98).  It ususally 
>prevents
> > windows from coming up when going from RedHat to Windows, but it also
> > hangs things the other way around, when booting into RedHat (or 
>Mandrake)
> > from windows.  It usually happens on LapTops.
> >
> >  I think you could go on the RH site for bugzilla and find it.  Also,
> > Norton Commander has this problem, and their website has proposed fixes.
> >
> >   These proposed fixes don't work for me.  The only solution I have 
>found
> > so far is to always power the system down between reboots.
> >
> >   I did give Mandrake a bug report on it, and they closed it, saying 
>that
> > windows bugs aren't fixable.
> >
> >   I don't agree with that, but I don't have the time to fix it myself in
> > the kernel.  It would take several months for me to do it, and I don't
> > have the time.  A power down is my workaround.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, eweb voice portal wrote:
> >
> > > I have installed Redhat 7.1, dual booting along with win2000
>professional
> > > editon.
> > >
> > > When i login into redhat and shutdown, the monitor switches off and 
>the
> > > system hangs. The only way i can bring the system up again is by
>switching
> > > off/on the power supply.
> > >
> > > I have 1.2 gz  Athlon processor with 320 MB memory. the motherboard is
>ECS
> > > K7VZA.
> > >
> > > I have turned disabled the power management settings in the bios and
>redhat.
> > >
> > > any clue will of immense help
> > >
> > > sathish
> >
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