can't shut down

[cariafra]

When I select the Halt command in KDE 2.0.1 in mandrake 8.1, the system begin shut down but after 20 seconds the system freeze and the only way to shut down is by pressing the button on the computer.
What I can do to shut down?
my pc is apm compatible and in my second OS, Windows XP, the system shut down correctly.
Thaks

[raidermm3]

Originally posted by cariafra:
When I select the Halt command in KDE 2.0.1 in mandrake 8.1, the system begin shut down but after 20 seconds the system freeze and the only way to shut down is by pressing the button on the computer.
What I can do to shut down?
my pc is apm compatible and in my second OS, Windows XP, the system shut down correctly.
Thaks

I don't know what could be causing the problem but you can kill kde as follows, instead of using the reset button: press

ctrl Alt F4

That should get you a login (nongraphical) console( note: To go back type ctrl Alt F7).
Log in as root and type

ps -ax|grep kde

This gives you a list of some of the processes currently running. One of them is called /usr/bin/startkde. The leftmost column shows the pid number of this process, for example 2120. To kill this process type

kill 2120

Then press

Ctrl Alt F7

You should now have the login screen.

[This message has been edited by raidermm3 (edited 12-26-2001).]

[This message has been edited by raidermm3 (edited 12-27-2001).]

[furrycat]

Recompile the kernel with APM or ACPI support.