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

[sathish Subramanian]

no. it wont let me do anything. I have to swtich off the power supply and
switch it on to reboot.

sathish
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Miller" <josh_b_miller at hotmail.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] system hanging when shutting down or logging
out


> 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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