Thanks Shinobar. After installing the pet, my machine goes through the steps you listed:shinobar wrote:Attached the rc.shutdown for debugging for whom the shutdown problem concern. Install the PET. You are warned because it will replace the existing /etc/rc.d/rc.shutdown, but proceed. Shutdown or reboot. The console gives prompt with '?'. Press [Enter]-key to proceed.
As for the PUPMODE=7, greengeek's case,press [S]-key at only one place where you are offered to skip.
Cleaning up some temprary files. OK?
Cleaning up some temprary files... Done.
Unmount stray filesystems?
Unmounting stray filesystems... Done.
Swapoff?
Swapoff... Done.
Kill bad PID's? ('s' for skip) .(I entered "s")
Remount SAVE_LAYER?
Remounting SAVE_LAYER ...Done.
Umount ntfs?
All done. Goobye?
Then the machine did shut off successfully, and did not reboot automatically. (Excellent!). Yes it is a slow way to shut down, but it is much quicker than waiting for the faulty shutdown/reboot loop. Also, it is better than having to do the hard reset, which is bad for the hard drive. At least this way I can use Saluki ok until the full fix.
However, the pet did not change the symptom I mentioned here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... start=2865
(I didnt really think that symptom was related to the faulty shutdown, but I was hopeful that it might be )