New graphical startup and shutdown

[Derek Broughton]

Art Alexion wrote:

> John DeCarlo wrote:
> 
>> When I shut down, I get a graphical shutdown that disappears (I guess
>> when kdm is stopped),
> 
> Don't get this at all.

Nor me.  You _should_ see kde shutting down your session, but nothing that I
would call a graphical shutdown (ie, what I get is exactly what I would get
if I just logged out).
> 
>> then a brief black screen, then the usual text messages of services
>> being stopped,
> 
> Nor this.

I do usually get this.
> 
>> then another black screen with the blinking underline until the system
>> finishes the shutdown.
> 
> This is what I get from the point X stops.
> 
>> Sometimes that last step takes awhile (more than half a second), but I
>> haven't investigated it.
> 
> I haven't timed it, but on a successful shutdown, this takes 30-90
> seconds.

It has to run through _everything_ in /etc/rc0.d/K*, which takes up to 3
minutes for me.  It's _invariably_ slower than start-up (often because it's
waiting for processes to stop that aren't running in the first place!),
which is why I practically never shut down.  I just use hibernate.
> 
> Sometimes when it seems to be taking 3 or more minutes, I just hard
> reset or unplug the power.

I've seen situations (seems to be fixed on my system now)
where /etc/init.d/networking hangs, seemingly forever, on shutdown if there
are samba connections.
-- 
derek