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Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

Guys, I could really use some help here, especially since yesterday my Windows is dead.

Here is some new info:

1. My login manager is SLIM which I use to autologin.

# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path        /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver     /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments   -nolisten tcp vt07

# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd            /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd          /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd         /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd        /usr/sbin/suspend

# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path         /usr/bin/xauth 

# Xauth file for server
authfile           /var/run/slim.auth


# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
# numlock             on

# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
# hidecursor          false

# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
#
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd           exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session

# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
#
# sessionstart_cmd    some command
# sessionstop_cmd    some command

# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# daemon    yes

# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions            xfce4,icewm,wmaker,blackbox

# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd      import -window root /slim.png

# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg         Welcome to %host

# Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1
# session_msg         Session: 

# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg       The system is halting...
reboot_msg         The system is rebooting...

# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
default_user        juha

# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password      no

# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature
auto_login          yes


# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to 
# randomly choose from
current_theme       default

# Lock file
lockfile            /var/lock/slim.lock

# Log file
logfile             /var/log/slim.log (doesn't contain anything useful)

2.

$ ck-list-sessions
Session2:
    unix-user = '1001'
    realname = '(null)'
    seat = 'Seat1'
    session-type = ''
    active = TRUE
    x11-display = ':0.0'
    x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
    display-device = ''
    remote-host-name = ''
    is-local = TRUE
    on-since = '2011-05-02T07:37:59.343950Z'
    login-session-id = '1'
Session1:
    unix-user = '1001'
    realname = '(null)'
    seat = 'Seat2'
    session-type = ''
    active = FALSE
    x11-display = ':0.0'
    x11-display-device = ''
    display-device = ''
    remote-host-name = ''
    is-local = TRUE
    on-since = '2011-05-02T07:37:58.783769Z'
    login-session-id = '1'

3. Here is what happens when I try to reboot with the .xinitrc file I published in the first post - it freezes on console login screen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21NWeOvGwic

4. Here is what happens if I change the .xinitrc file to what was suggested in this thread - it won't even login:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIjnbcocD4

Help!

Last edited by Lockheed (2011-05-03 08:43:41)

Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

bump

jasonwryan

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

This line looks really odd:

console_cmd         /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login$

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Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

What do you suggest?

neurolysis

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

I think Jason is referring to your unmatched quote at the end. It looks like you copied it out of nano or some other command line editor that uses $ to designate that there is more content that is wider than the current screen buffer.

Last edited by neurolysis (2011-05-03 08:38:54)

Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

I think Jason is referring to your unmatched quote at the end. It looks like you copied it out of nano or some other command line editor that uses $ to designate that there is more content that is wider than the current screen buffer.

You were right. I corrected it now.

Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

Another update.

I cannot execute any of the commands here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Al … o_Shutdown (no permissions)
except suspend.

I am not an expert, but perhaps it indicates that "ck-launch-session" does not come into effect at all, Especially, since it also should have enabled regular users to mount removable devices, but it didn't .

neurolysis

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

Are you sure that the dbus daemon is running?

Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

Are you sure that the dbus daemon is running?

$ ps -ef | grep dbus
dbus      3186     1  0 May03 ?        00:00:26 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
juha      3900  3714  0 May03 ?        00:00:00 ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session compiz ccp
juha      3935     1  0 May03 ?        00:00:00 dbus-launch --exit-with-session compiz ccp
juha      3937     1  0 May03 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
juha     16826 16799  0 09:47 pts/1    00:00:00 grep dbus

Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

The silence is a bit disappointing as this is blocking me from everything from automounting of removable devices to using hibernation.
Come on, you must know the answer.

Last edited by Lockheed (2011-05-05 08:19:06)

fabertawe

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

Maybe until you can figure this out it might be worth trying something else instead of Slim like XDM? I've used it in the past to replace GDM before going console login only and it worked great. Also, for the time being if that doesn't help (or maybe as well as), try using the full xfce desktop (seeing as you've lots of installed anyway), i.e. end your .xinitrc with

exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4

Not ideal but at least get yourself up and running and then figure out where it was going wrong with the current set up.

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Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

Well, the thing is that even when I removed SLIM and used console login only, the symptoms (with the exception of manual console login) were exactly the same.

yungtrizzle

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

Do you start dbus at boot? Make sure that it starts. Echoing the above what's your window manager?
You might have to edit its config file. It has a lot to do with how consolekit is started.

Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

I am using compiz for window management and pcmanfm for desktop.

This is my deamon and modules section from rc.conf

MODULES=(!net-pf-10 !pcspkr acpi-cpufreq vboxdrv ac battery button processor thermal video btusb cdrom intel-agp intel-gtt nvram tpm_bios tpm tpm_tis tpm_tis hid i2c-i801 i2c-core evdev joydev pcspkr psmouse serio_raw mmc_core sdhci sdhci-pci pci_hotplug shpchp thinkpad_acpi wmi nvidia output iTCO_vendor_support iTCO_wdt crc-itu-t snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd-hda-codec snd-hda-intel soundcore scsi_mod ahci ata_piix libahci e1000e bluetooth mac80211 rfkill iwlagn iwlcore cfg80211 pcmcia_core pcmcia_rsrc yenta_socket usbhid usbcore ehci-hcd uhci-hcd option usbserial usb_wwan firewire-core firewire-ohci sd_mod sr_mod st) 

DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng dbus hal !network laptop-mode netfs @crond wicd alsa slim)

dbus is installed, but
$ modinfo dbus
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module dbus
$ modprobe dbus
FATAL: Module dbus not found.

I am not sure if this is correct behaviour or not.

Last edited by Lockheed (2011-05-07 07:21:03)

Lockheed

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Re: Cannot shutdown/reboot

For future generations, here is the solution:

1. The ConsoleKit issues were due to bug found in the newest version of CK. I found the solution here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/22680#comment71766

2. Inability to shutdown/reboot was due to buggy kernel 2.6.38. Earlier versions shutdown no problem