Re: Linux-1.3.60
Michael Meskes (meskes@informatik.rwth-aachen.de)
Wed, 14 Feb 1996 08:48:45 +0100 (MET)
Ulrich Windl writes:
>
> On 13 Feb 96 at 4:18, Ville Steudle wrote:
>
> > Hi Linux developers,
> >
> > I noticed the following problem with newer kernels, at least with 1.3.45
> > and .57:
> >
> > Every now and then (maybe 1 out of 10) when I'd like to shutdown my
> > system via ctrl-alt-del or /sbin/shutdown, I just get the first "sending
> > all processes the TERM signal", then _no_ output from the daemons being
> > shut down and - bingo! The system hangs.
> >
> > I first thought it is a DEC Alpha specific problem as I saw it first on my
> > Jensen, but when I recently tried the 1.3.57 kernel on an Intel box the
> > same thing happened.
> >
> > Any hints?
>
> I've seen this on a i386 when you log out and press C-A-D before the
> new login appears. Seems to be a race condition/bug in init.
I have the poblem on a P5, but only when I reboot (C-A-D) before logging in.
Once I logged in the reboot works without a problem.
Michael
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Michael Meskes
Lehrstuhl fuer angewandte Mathematik insb. Informatik
RWTH-Aachen, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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