studmuffin007 Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 When i got to shut Mandriva down ie turn the pc off it seem to hang it leaves me with a blue screen with a black x which is the mouse icon whats wrong? thanks in advance [moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Open a console and type "poweroff" and tell us what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Sounds like a well known kdm bug, which was rather kde related than a Mandriva specific one. Have you tried a full xorg/kde upgrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 You could try CTRL-ALT-Backspace to see if this completes closing the X server, else as ix suggests, just press CTRL-ALT-F1 to switch to a console, login and type halt, or poweroff or any of the many ways to shut down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Yes, if kde/kdm is borked, then a command will bring it all down nicely. If it works (haven't heard from the original poster) then an update to kde is in order. If it doesn't work, then there is something more seriously wrong with the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin007 Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 thanks Ixthusdan the power off comand worked a treat i will just use that untill i know enough about mandriva to start messing about with it and trying to sort out problem i know nothing about thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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