[NTLUG:Discuss] somewhat odd boot behavior

[Gilbert Morrow]

Is this KDE or Gnome ?
In KDE you can set power button parameters and I am sure on Gnome as well .

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net>wrote:

> Gigbyte(tm) S-Series G41M-ES2L motherboard
> Intel Dual-Core E6600 LGA775 cpu
> ATX-1072BP case from Frys (380W power supply)
> OS: Mandriva 2008.0
>
> Has been running since December 2010 ... but boot/reboot has always been a
> bit odd
>
> On every other Intel based Linux box I have seen ...
>   System -> Shutdown -> Restart preforms an orderly warm reboot
>   System -> Shutdown -> Shutdown preforms an orderly power down
> On this machine, both Restart and Shutdown preform a restart of X, at
> which point one may either press the restart or the power button, on the
> front of the computer.
>
> I have been over the motherboard manual, bios setting, and google, but I
> cannot find anything that strikes the eye (except all the stuff designed
> for Win7 ... but not explained)
>
> The only machines I have seen this on before were SGI Origin 200s running
> IRIX ... I have seen SGI's name pop up on startup, and certain other
> features of the startup screens look familiar as well
>
> Any thoughts, comments, experience, pointers?  Other list to ask?  Thank
> you
> Regards
> Fred James
>
>
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