[gobolinux-users] Not shutting down cleanly

[Lucas C. Villa Real]

On 12/27/06, Travis Evans <travisgevans at cox.net> wrote:
> I just discovered that my installed GoboLinux system is not always going
> through the proper shutdown procedure when I tell it to reboot.  If I
> press Ctrl+Alt+Del or issue "sudo shutdown -r now", it reboots properly
> (showing the GoboLinux logo and stopping services), but if I
> issue "sudo reboot", or (worse yet) end my KDE session and
> choose "Restart computer" as a *regular* user, the system kills X, then
> reboots *immediately*--and then the file systems have to be recovered
> on the next boot.
>
> Anyone know why?  I didn't see any aliases or anything that might be
> causing the "reboot" command to not go through the proper procedure.

Just thinking loud, but maybe there's something to do with runlevels
on inittab? Are you running KDM?

-- 
Lucas
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