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   MrG to All   
   Re: OS/2 4.52: no shutdown and save desk   
   28 Feb 11 11:39:47   
   
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   From: MrG    
      
   On Feb 28, 11:36 am, "Alex Taylor"  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:37:35 UTC, "Mr. Burns"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > > Most of the time, shutdown doesn't complete on my OS/2 4.52 system.   
   >   
   > > I often end up using ctrl-alt-del to "close" the system.   
   >   
   > > - Any suggestions to troubleshoot the (no) shutdown issue?   
   >   
   > This happens to me quite a lot recently.  The problem appears to be   
   > SeaMonkey getting stuck in a zombie state, which in turn is almost   
   > certainly caused by the Flash 10 plugin beta.   
   >   
   > I'd suggest checking the list of running processes when the shutdown   
   > hang occurs.  First look to see if there are any apps which you   
   > thought you'd closed, but which still show up as running.     
   >   
   > If nothing obvious presents itself, you could try killing processes   
   > one-by-one (avoid killing important system processes, though).  If   
   > shutdown suddenly continues after killing a particular process, you've   
   > probably isolated the problem.  OTOH, if a particular process refuses   
   > to die when you kill it, that may also be suggestive.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Alex Taylor   
   > Fukushima, Japanhttp://www.socis.ca/~ataylo00   
   >   
   > Please take off hat when replying.   
      
   Also on my machine, after an incomplete shutdown and CAD, FF would not   
   open again until I started it in safe mode from the command line.   
   Started in safe mode, closed that, and then FF would start normal.   
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
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