Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del problem
>> Normally when the system reboots, is says something like "Sending processes
>> TERM signal" and "Sending processes KILL signal" and then something about "cron
>> stopped" and goes on going down. But when this phenomenon appears, the message
>> about "Sending processes KILL signal" is the last thing displayed and then the
>> system doesn't do anything. I have to push the reset button (Ouch!).
>If I'm not mistaken, it is a much better to reboot your system using the
>reboot and/or shutdown commands. I seem to remember someone saying not to
>use Ctrl-Alt-Del. shutdown -h should put your machine in a halted state
>for powerdown. You have to be root to use these commands.
>
I have experienced similar problems. I should be able to do a
"shutdown -r now",
but, more often than not, it will hang as described
above. However,
"shutdown -h now"
seems to always work. This is somewhat of a problem since I must hit
reset for my dual-boot system to bring up Windoze-95.
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