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Subject: shutdown
From: "Roy Morden" <roymorden () mail ! com>
Date: 2000-08-18 8:22:53
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6.4 using KDe
I have installed linux and star office 6 times
now, each time i try and shut down the machine
it dies on me.( logout of kde then select shutdown
and shutdown) I have logged on as root this makes
no difference
I have changed shutdown to "all" this again makes
no difference.
After selecting shutdown i get a screen which has
either two or four of the suse logo's (gecko or
whatever it's called) these are only just
recogniseable as the screen is full of colour but
is distorted to the point where the logo is the
only visible thing.
This screen stays there permanently(left it
overnight once) or if a key is depressed it will
change to a screen full of squares all different
colours.
When installing the os doesn't pick up my monitor
(aoc spectrum 4vlr) or graphics card (s3 virge
pci) so thes have to be set up manually or i'm
stuck with 640x480. Once that is done everything
works fine, except shutting down.
The user guide says that you must be logged on as
root to shut down, but if you have to logoff to
get to the shutdown screen how can you be logged
on as root?
As you may have gathered i'm new to linux so if
you can help,try and keep it to words of one
syllable so i can understand.
(feeling pretty dumb at the moment).
btw this is not a live system, this on my home
machine so no NIC, there is a modem but that isn't
recognised and i didn't bother to set it up.
Roy Morden
Network Manager
Baines School
Poulton-le-fylde
roymorden@mail.com
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<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>6.4 using
KDe</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>I have
installed linux and star office 6 times now, each time i try and shut down the
machine</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>it dies on
me.( logout of kde then select shutdown and shutdown) I have logged on as root
this makes no difference</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>I have
changed shutdown to "all" this again makes no difference.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>After
selecting shutdown i get a screen which has either two or four of the suse
logo's (gecko or whatever it's called) these are only just recogniseable as the
screen is full of colour but is distorted to the point where the logo is the
only visible thing.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>This screen
stays there permanently(left it overnight once) or if a key is depressed it will
change to a screen full of squares all different colours.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>When
installing the os doesn't pick up my monitor (aoc spectrum 4vlr) or graphics
card (s3 virge pci) so thes have to be set up manually or i'm stuck with
640x480. Once that is done everything works fine, except shutting down.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>The user
guide says that you must be logged on as root to shut down, but if you have to
logoff to get to the shutdown screen how can you be logged on as
root?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN
class=102300708-18082000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>As you may
have gathered i'm new to linux so if you can help,try and keep it to words of
one syllable so i can understand.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>(feeling
pretty dumb at the moment).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN
class=102300708-18082000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial><SPAN class=102300708-18082000>btw this is
not a live system, this on my home machine so no NIC, there is a modem but that
isn't recognised and i didn't bother to set it up.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P>Roy Morden<BR>Network Manager<BR>Baines School<BR>Poulton-le-fylde<BR><A
href="mailto:roymorden@mail.com">roymorden@mail.com</A></P>
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