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

[fredjame]

Brain Kontrath wrote:

> 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.

Good thought.  Yes it is the logout/shutdown, but in my case it is Gnome 
2.2, and the user doesn't seem to matter - though I am hardly ever 
logged in as root so I would have to test that some more (as root).  
Some very few times it worked, but after that NG.  I have configured 
these machines to use a resolution other than the one originally 
"suggested" during the install - in the case laptop, a little higher, 
and in the desktop, lower.  Other than that they are pretty much 
"straight out of the box".  My experience with laptops would suggest 
that one cannot run the resolution at any but the suggested level, but 
this runs well except for the logout/shutdown issue, and I have never 
had the resolution issue on a destop before.

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