Hello every one,
I Have a problem with Fedora 7 during shutdown/logout process. The machine hangs while doing so.

My system configuration are
Processor : P4 2.4GHz
Motherboard: Maxtone Via P4M266A 8233 Chipset
RAM : SDRAM 133MHz 256*2MB
Hard disk: Samsung: 40*2Gb

if any of u got the solution. Please do inform me.......

what is exactly does it hang on?

well you are not giveing enough info for me or the linuxquestions members to help you. So we need more info about what are you trying to explain/say to us. Like what AceofSpades19 asked you what is exactly does it hang on? answer that an do you mean when you are trying to log out or shut down fedora it takes a long time do that? huh

When i try to logout/shutdown, The top and bottom panels disappears.
only my background wallpaper and my mouse cursor remains on screen that too not moving. i waited for 1 hours but still condition remained the same.

i have 512MB of RAM

till now i am not able to detect the problem. can any one of u know how to detect the problem why it does so

My Computer Information - General

VIA Technologies, Inc.
System Model: P4M266A-8233
BIOS Version: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG

Memory (RAM)
Capacity: 512 MB

Processor
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Version: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7
Speed: 2394 MHz

Local Disk
Total Capacity: 37.29 GB

Display
Type: Plug and Play Monitor
Color: True Color (32 Bit)
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Screen Saver: Active

Modem
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: HSP56 Micromodem
Driver: Unknown

Modem
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: LGE CDMA USB Modem
Driver: Unknown

USB Controller
Manufacturer: VIA Technologies
Model: VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
Driver: usbuhci.sys
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Supported

USB Controller
Manufacturer: VIA Technologies
Model: VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
Driver: usbuhci.sys
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Supported


CD-ROM Drive (G
Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Model: SONY DVD RW DW-G120A
Driver: cdrom.sys
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Supported

CD-ROM Drive (K
Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Model: NERO IMAGEDRIVE2 SCSI CdRom Device
Driver: cdrom.sys
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Supported


Video Card
Model: S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR (Microsoft Corporation)
Driver: s3gnbm.sys
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Supported


Sound Card
Not Installed


Network Card
Model: Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Driver: rtl8139.sys
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Supported

Network Card
Model: WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Driver: ndiswan.sys
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Supported


Floppy Drive (A
Installed


Memory (RAM)
Capacity: 512 MB

i have a problem,when i use killall5 -15 or 9. My system freezes..

Press <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<F1> and log in as "root." Then issue the command "shutdown -hP now" and watch the screen for any error messages.

If you se any, tell us what they are.

Thank u vry much for ur solution. it works without any errors but the thing is, Why i am not able to shutdown/reboot from GNOME or KDE..............

If "shutdown" works from a console, then it seems likely to me that your problem is related to the GUI/Shutdown interface.

In KDE, go to Settings->System Administration->Login Manager, click on the "Shutdown" tab and verify that you have permission to run shutdown. (There's a similar setting in GNOME, but I can't remember its exact location.) I suspect that you'll find that the settings are correct, since -- from your description -- the "shutdown" process at least started when you were in KDE or GNOME.

Perhaps it's a X-server thing. Can you do a Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart the X-server? When the server is restarted you should be presented with your "Login" window. Somewhere on that window should be a button labeled "Menu" or something similar, and one item in the menu should be "Shutdown." See if you can find it, and let us know if it works.

The point in this exercise is to see if, perhaps, your shutdown is being "blocked" by some process that's running on your system in one of your workspaces, and restarting the X-server might stop that process (although it's more likely that it would persist across an X-server reboot.)

thank u Mr P Trenholme for ur respond. I tried to restart my X server by pressing CTRL+ALT Backspace. But its too didnt work. my screen freezed.

Now that's very strange.

Open a terminal window, enter the command cat /var/log/Xorg.*.log* | grep '(EE)'. You should see output something like this:If you have any errors displayed (like those above re AIGLX), post them here. If not, let us know and maybe someone else can suggest something to try.

I am getting this


[root@lashmi ~]# cat /var/log/Xorg.*.log* | grep '(EE)'
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(EE) SAVAGE(0): [drm] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI.
(EE) SAVAGE(0): DRI isn't enabled
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
[root@lashmi ~]#

Well, the DRI errors shouldn't be causing the problem, although you need direct rendering for 3-D graphics. (That problem is, I'd guess (not being a user of that card), an incorrect setting in /proc/mtrr. But that should have no effect on shutdown failing.)

Perhaps you should push the "Report" button on you original post, and ask the moderator to move this thread to the Fedora forum. I suspect that your problem is more a "Fedora" problem than a "Desktop" one.

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux - Fedora and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.