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Description of Problem: Normally, when you shutdown or reboot from gnome login manager or from terminal, you see shutting down of all services in the system in the text window. But when you shutdown or reboot from within Gnome, you see nothing. Just an empty black screen with a login prompt waiting and after sometime the computer halts ro reboots. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How Reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login to Gnome 2. Select reboot or shutdown 3. You now see a black screen that gives you no clue 4. You computer will shutdowns or reboots. Actual Results: Blank black screen with a login prompt Expected Results: A text screen showing information about the shutting down services. Additional Information: Just annoying not crucial.
I notice the same and even worse: it's not only the shutdown. Generally, when i switch from X to a text console I get only a black screen. I can blind enter commands and they get executed but I don't see anything on screen
This must be an X issue, GNOME/gdm just quit the X server.
I need to know what specific video hardware this is with, as well as a copy of both X server logs, and config files, attached as text files using the link below.
Please reopen bug report when requested information is attached if this problem is still occuring with the Rawhide XFree86 4.2.0.