[kde-linux] 'End Session' problem

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 10 February 2008 11:23:55 M K wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 23:53:43 -1000
> > From: gnome at hawaii.rr.com
> > To: kde-linux at kde.org
> > Subject: Re: [kde-linux] 'End Session' problem
> >
> > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Sunday 10 February 2008 04:20:25 david wrote:
> > >> James Loughner wrote:
> > >>>>>> Just edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and make vesa the driver.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> OK, tried it, and proved the point.  The display was, frankly,
> > >>>>> awful, but the 'End Session' worked perfectly.  Time to report a
> > >>>>> bug.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> James take a look at Bug #33095 at http://qa.mandriva.com/
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, changing splash=silent to splash=verbose.
> > >>>> It's not clear why this works - the bug seems to be flgrx crashing
> > >>>> on the way out, so I don't see the connection - but several people
> > >>>> have confirmed that it worked for them.
> > >>
> > >> Running Debian Etch Lenny/Sid here. Checked by menu.lst, and no trace
> > >> of a "splash=" anything in mine.
> > >
> > > Do you have the problem?  We've identified that at least one version of
> > > SuSE does.  If you do, try adding "splash=verbose" and see if it makes
> > > any difference.
> >
> > I do have the problem. Where in menu.lst does "splash=verbose" go?
>
> Whew... couldn't look in my mailbox for a few days and didn't expect that
> the discussion would grow that way :)  However, I experience this problem
> (or bug?) with Fedora 8 and an NVIDIA (!) proprietaries, so I don't know if
> any of the solutions would work in my case. Are there maybe some
> "NVIDIA-specific" clues?
>
Dunno - but trying the "splash=verbose" would do no harm, and you can always 
take it out again if it doesn't help.

Anne
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