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sueray

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Registered: 2008-11-08

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{Solved} Shutdown from gui hangs system

I have installed Arch on my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop. All works well from the cli. I have also installed xfce4 and when I shutdown from the desktop, the system hangs at a blank screen.

Any suggestions?

Last edited by sueray (2008-11-10 16:12:21)

von_Wanderlust

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Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 67

Re: {Solved} Shutdown from gui hangs system

I think you need to edit /etc/sudoers for this one. Try adding this line. Change user to sueray / whatever your username may be.

 user ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/xfce4/xfsm-shutdown-helper

Last edited by von_Wanderlust (2008-11-09 22:46:26)

sueray

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Registered: 2008-11-08

Posts: 3

Re: {Solved} Shutdown from gui hangs system

Thank you von_wanderlust for your input. Unfortunately this only partially solved the problem. I am now able to start xfce4 from the cli and shutdown properly. If I start from the login manager (xdm), then the system still hangs to a blank screen on shutdown. The only error message I can find in the log files is from the xdm.log as follows:

     VESA(0): failed to set up write-combining range

And this is only a warning.

I wonder if I missed something during installation. Perhaps I need to wipe the hard drive clean and start over?

kclive18

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Registered: 2008-05-08

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Re: {Solved} Shutdown from gui hangs system

Looks like you're using the vesa driver in your x configuration.  What graphics card does this laptop have?  You could easily get the right drivers for it by following the Arch Wiki.

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sueray

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Registered: 2008-11-08

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Re: {Solved} Shutdown from gui hangs system

Thank you kclive18. That has solved the problem.

It is good to find such great help on this forum!