New graphical startup and shutdown

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Wednesday 25 January 2006 13:02, Art Alexion wrote:
> John DeCarlo wrote:
> > On 1/25/06, *Art Alexion* <art.alexion at verizon.net
> > <mailto:art.alexion at verizon.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     So now, if shutdown is taking way too long, as it occasionally has
> >     started to take, I have no idea what step it is choking on so that
> >     I can
> >     fix it.
> >
> >     Is this the new normal for Kubuntu or a problem with my
> >     system?  If its
> >     the new normal, is there a way to restore the old shutdown
> >     behavior?  If
> >     it is my system, any ideas how I can fix it?
> >
> >
> > I don't think it is normal.
> >
> > I have had the graphical startup since I switched to Kubuntu a month
> > or two ago.
> >
> > When I shut down, I get a graphical shutdown that disappears (I guess
> > when kdm is stopped),
>
> Don't get this at all.
>
> > then a brief black screen, then the usual text messages of services
> > being stopped,
>
> Nor 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.
>
> Sometimes when it seems to be taking 3 or more minutes, I just hard
> reset or unplug the power.
>
> I am going to try the Alt+F1 to get to tty1 where I am told the actual
> boot process is occurring.  Supposedly the graphical stuff is occurring
> on tty8.


When I shutdown my Breezy box (KDE 3.5) I do not get the graphical shutdown.  
KDM appears to end and then I get console login prompt and then the computer 
finishes either rebooting or shutting down