On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Rick Stevens <ri...@alldigital.com> wrote:
> On 03/06/2013 09:35 AM, Tom Horsley issued this missive: > > On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:15:36 -0800 >> Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: >> >> * I click Shut Down, using KDE >>> >> >> I've never been able to figure out what the heck >> the different GUI versions of shutdown actually do, they >> often seem broken for some reason. Try typing this >> in a terminal instead: >> >> sudo shutdown -h now >> >> If that doesn't shutdown, then there is a real >> shutdown problem, otherwise there is a KDE >> problem. >> > > The shutdown app in the various desktops should perform clean logouts > from the desktop first (e.g. save current layout, save current session, > etc.), then actually run the shutdown command. The one I have in XFCE > does the job fairly well. > > On one machine, I do occasionally have issues with the window manager > not starting properly on a reboot but I suspect that's another issue. > That machine has been upgraded from F14 through F17 and there's still > cruft left over from those older OS versions. Methinks it sometimes gets > confused...much like its owner. :-) > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ri...@alldigital.com - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried. - > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/users<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users> > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/**Mailing_list_guidelines<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines> > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > With f18, my system sometimes gets hung on a dracut command prompt; I didn't know what to do at first, but now I just type "poweroff" or "reboot" and the system is fine. Hope this helps
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