[NTLUG:Discuss] mandrake 9.1 GUI logout shutdown and reboot problem

[fredjame]

Greg Edwards wrote:

> fredjame wrote:
>
>> I am using LILO, but I assume the process would be essentially the 
>> same.  But one question:  Would that effect the resolution of the 
>> Gnome display as well, or just the logout/shutdown stuff?  As a side 
>> note, if I "shutdown -h now" or "shotdown -r now" in a terminal 
>> window, the graphic display of the shutdown/startup messages appear 
>> just as they would if the logout/shutdown GUI worked.
>
>
> It's beginning to sound like the issue is switching the graphics card 
> from high res to text.
> Try starting X in a different mode (maybe the suggested mode) and see 
> if that makes a difference.
> Which video card do you have?
> Look at the XFree86 log file and see if it really is terminating after 
> the shutdown is issued.

ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (Media Class: DISPLAY_VGA), is what Mandrake 
says it it - Gateway didn't say.
The display is set to 1024x768, 16bit color - so I just I didn't adjust 
this one up after all - thought I had, but I installed so many times on 
this box I guess I forgot.


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