[Discuss] Kubuntu 7.04

[Murray Strome]

Steve Nelson wrote:
>> That probably explains the setup, but now how do I get it to "Shut Down"
>> or "Restart" from the menu?  There must be something somewhere that is
>> missing or incorrect as I CAN restart from a terminal.
>>
>> Murray
>>     
>
> That sounds like a video driver problem to me. Is your video card recognized? 
> Are the drivers installed correctly for it? I have had similar problems when 
> using K(Ubuntu) -- I have an Nvidia chipset in the laptop that gave me those 
> kinds of problems.
>
> I would take a look in /var/log/Xorg.log to see if you have errors there.
>
> Steve
>
>   
I really doubt that it is a video driver problem. My card is recognized 
correctly and everything else related to it seems to work fine with one 
minor exception:

I use the same monitor on both my LINUX computer and my Windows system 
(using a KVM switch).  If the width is set correctly for KUbuntu (using 
the monitor menu), it is a bit too wide for the Windows.

If it were just an video problem, I don't think it would just 
immediately hang when using the KDE menu and restart while working 
properly using reboot from a terminal window. In the log, I don't see 
too much that looks abnormal there is this warning:

WARNING: Using the Hotkey might freeze your machine, regardless
(II) SIS(0):          whether enabled or disabled. This is no driver bug.


There are a couple of things about vsync being out of range.

I think that there must be something, probably in /etc, related to 
rebooting that is not quite correct, but I have no idea as to what that 
might be.

It is really not such a big deal if I have to reboot or halt from a 
terminal, but it should not be necessary.

Murray