12.1- Stuck @ Boot Screen on Shutdown

[smithark]

@stakanov

Well, then instead of overwhelming you with thousands of links and complicated book, I will advise you to read at first this website](http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/cli.html). It is well structured, not too “cryptic” and so you can begin to loose your distance. If you do not like it you may come back here and tell me. Following your needs and taste, there are other sources but as I do not know what you need we go be “trial and eventual error”.
You will let me know.
Have fun and play a lot with the basic small commands to memorize. You will see, this is a much more powerful instrument then all the rest.

thanks a lot for your help. the tutorial is excellent.

[smithark]

@ulenrich

I have written a FAQ to support our supporters with caf in mind

Faq to support our supporters - grub2@ubuntu

it is really helpful to people who dual-boot opensuse and ubuntu (like me). thank you

[smithark]

@stakanov

Well, then instead of overwhelming you with thousands of links and complicated book, I will advise you to read at first this website](http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/cli.html). It is well structured, not too “cryptic” and so you can begin to loose your distance. If you do not like it you may come back here and tell me. Following your needs and taste, there are other sources but as I do not know what you need we go be “trial and eventual error”.
You will let me know.
Have fun and play a lot with the basic small commands to memorize. You will see, this is a much more powerful instrument then all the rest.

@ stakanov
I have gone through the ‘tuxfiles.org’ web site. I think it’s the best solution for a newbie like me who is interested in learning CLI. Thanks a lot to you for directing me to it and also to Nana (the author) for the article:).
now, could you direct me to something more advanced (I mean the next step after ‘tuxfiles.org’)?

[stakanov]

@smithark

@ stakanov
I have gone through the ‘tuxfiles.org’ web site. I think it’s the best solution for a newbie like me who is interested in learning CLI. Thanks a lot to you for directing me to it and also to Nana (the author) for the article:).
now, could you direct me to something more advanced (I mean the next step after ‘tuxfiles.org’)?

I am happy that I could help you with this. There are several ways to go on reading about Linux. A good book (that recently a colleague here pointed out is**“rute”](http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz)** a well known reference, that gives strong insights to Linux as a whole. It covers also commands, their use in Linux and fosters the overall understanding (permissions, commands used in the context of day by day usage. It is really complete and well organized. The link brings you to a freely accessible html copy. You will have a look (especially at the chapter “commands” and tell me if this is what you search for. What is your preferred language? (I guess English, but if you have another preference tell me).
A nice website for Linux with down-to-earth articles and tips and tricks is also HERE](http://olex.openlogic.com/wazi/).
If you need a fast alphabetical reference, this website](http://www.techcuriosity.com/resources/linux/linux_commands_U.php) comes handy.
If these references for you are a jump “in cold water” tell me. I will then try an alternative.

[smithark]

@ stakanov,
thank you for the links:). i will go through the “rute”. seems like a nice book. and, yes, english is my preferred language.

[jaytreiman]

@stakanov

This solved my issue: don’t(!) erase kdmrc. No need to rename either. Open dolphin in the superusermode. Go to:

  /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc

right click and edit it with kwrite or the editor of your choice.
In the section shutdown substitute the two lines I did mark in bold below. Save it and restart your system (the first time it will not shutdown or restart well because it is still using the old rc to shutdown). Then it should be solved. At least for me it was. Let us know if it was also for you.

[Shutdown]
# The command (subject to word splitting) to run to halt the system.
# Default is "/sbin/shutdown -h -P now"**
HaltCmd=/sbin/shutdown -h -P now**
# The command (subject to word splitting) to run to reboot the system.
# Default is "/sbin/shutdown -r now"**
RebootCmd=/sbin/shutdown -r now**
# Whether it is allowed to shut down the system via the global command socket.
# Default is false
#AllowFifo=true
# Whether it is allowed to abort active sessions when shutting down the
# system via the global command socket.
# Default is true
#AllowFifoNow=false
# The boot manager KDM should use for offering boot options in the
# shutdown dialog.
# "None" - no boot manager
# "Grub" - Grub boot manager
# "Grub2" - Grub2 boot manager
# "Lilo" - Lilo boot manager (Linux on i386 & x86-64 only)
# Default is Grub
BootManager=Grub

The values that you do find in your system are probably “halt” and “reboot”.

I just upgraded to 12.1 and had the shutdown problem. Simply commenting out the “HaltCmd” line did the trick for me.

Thanks for the posts.