First the background, I am using xdm, I have the bootsplash graphical term thingy going (Mmmm looks nice), and I use icewm, kernel is gentoo-sources 2.4.20-r5. When I shutdown using icewm's shutdown command (hit ctrl-alt-delete, then shutdown or restart), x dies nicely, then virtual term 1 is brought up. However, the shutdown output (processes stopping etc) goes to virtual term 7 (ie where x was). This is normally fine, but with graphical consoles, it hangs until I switch to vitrual term 7, and I see the message --> "vt_waitactive: interrupted system call" <-- Even if I leave it for hours without switching to term 7, it just sits there. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.be using graphical terminals, and xdm, and icewm 2.hit ctrl-alt-delete in icewm, click reboot or shutdown 3.wait Actual Results: x dies, virtual term 1 appears, then nothing more happens until alt-F7 switches to virtual term 7, then shutdown continues as normal Expected Results: Shutdown should have continued. Preferably the shutdown output (processes being stopped) should have appeard in virtual term 1 in the first place, and this would probably avoid the whole problem. Portage 2.0.48-r5 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1400MHz GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.gnukorea.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/mnt/data/portage" DISTDIR="/mnt/cerberus" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt encode foomaticdb libg++ mad mikmod mpeg ncurses nls zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline tetex tcltk tcpd pam libwww perl python esd imlib gtk motif scanner cdr dvd sse mmx cups X opengl dga sse2 sdl gif jpeg png tiff xmms ssl spell truetype xml xml2 pdflib java samba gphoto2 gtk2 -gnome alsa oggvorbis quicktime -arts -kde -qt -qtmt evms2 aalib directfb fbcon gpm svga xv" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache" icewm 1.2.9 xfree 4.3.0-r2 or 4.3.0-r3 gentoo-sources 2.4.20-r5 bootsplash 0.6-r1 Workaround is switch to virtual term 7 after x has died. Annoying tho.
do problems persist with icewm-1.2.11-r1? please also check bug 27230 if you want/need to try 1.2.12 of icewm
do problems exist with 1.2.13? can this bug be closed if there is no response?
suggest to close NEEDINFO
Closing for now. If you are still experiencing these problems with 2.4.24 then let us know.
