[NTLUG:Discuss] mandrake 9.1 GUI logout shutdown and reboot problem

[Brain Kontrath]

fredjame wrote:
> 9.1 is my first exposure to Mandrake
> Problem:  When using the GUI logout/shutdown/reboot tool the screen goes 
> black, but the operation does not appear to complete.
> 
> I first encountered this problem on my laptop, and I thought it might be 
> a mandrake/laptop kind of thing so I decided to just live with a work 
> around - bring up a terminal window, su to root, and issue a shutdown 
> command there.
> 
> Now I have seen the problem also on a desktop machine, and so I am 
> prompted to ask if anyone can offer some advice.
> Thanks in advance.
> 

I think you are talking about logout/shutdown in KDE 3.1.1a, right? I've 
seen this problem as well in Gentoo. Well, since you have the same 
problem I  would conclude that this is a bug with KDE 3.1.1a and that it 
is not distribution specific.  I have noticed that the problem (on 
Gentoo) generally seems to happen when I'm logged in as root in KDE. On 
the other hand, if I logon as any other user I don't experience the 
blackout.  Since I haven't merged the latest KDE on Gentoo, I can't say 
whether a newer version will fix the problem. My workaround is that I 
just avoid logging in as root in KDE and I perform all root functions in 
a konsole session.