[CentOS] System hang during shutdown (halt)

[Dag Wieers]

On Sat, 23 May 2009, Camron W. Fox wrote:

> 	I'm running V5.3 (newly installed) on an FJ E8020 laptop. The problem I
> have is when shutting down (*not* rebooting). NetworkManager fails to
> stop and after (during?) the postfix shutdown, the system seems to hang.
> I cannot access via another screen or remotely. I can't find any clues
> in the log files. I could use some suggestions on troubleshooting.
>
> Here are the active services:
>
> [cwfox at oprichnik ~]$ sudo /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep 3:on | sort
> acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> anacron 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> auditd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> cpuspeed 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> dkms_autoinstaller 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> hplip 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> lm_sensors 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> lvm2-monitor 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> microcode_ctl 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> NetworkManager 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
> pcscd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> postfix 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> readahead_early 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> smartd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> sysstat 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
> uuidd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> [cwfox at oprichnik ~]$

What wireless/wired network drivers are you using ?

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