LXDE Won't Shutdown

[hippieelmo]

I'm new here. Just installed Mageia on my laptop. Have been using different distros to find the one I like.
I'm a newbe to the Linux world.

I have Mageia 5 using the LXDE desktop on a Panasonic CF-51 Toughbook laptop. When I choose shutdown the screen goes blank and nothing else, I have hold the power button in order to get the laptop to shut off. When I try to restart the laptop I get the same blank screen.

Thanks for your help

[doktor5000]

Hi,

please have a look at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_5_Errata#LXDE

Shutdown or reboot can take more time than normally needed, due to LXDM not properly handling SIGTERM signal sent by systemd, see mga#15168

How long did you wait for it to shutdown or reboot?

[doktor5000]

Thanks for your reply. It does shutdown, takes about 1 min to do so. Haven't tried restart yet, but I would think that it take about the same time.

Thanks for your help

[doktor5000]

As explained in bug 15168, you can simply switch to another login manager, and the problem should be gone.
Pick one from some of the several choices we offer, see https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Display_Managers and then switch to that one via http://doc.mageia.org/mcc/5/en/content/drakedm.html

[hippieelmo]

As explained in bug 15168, you can simply switch to another login manager, and the problem should be gone.
Pick one from some of the several choices we offer, see https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Display_Managers and then switch to that one via http://doc.mageia.org/mcc/5/en/content/drakedm.html

Thanks!

How do you install the other display managers? I only get two choices via the display manager.

1. LXDE

2. XDM

[doktor5000]

You need to install another display manager first, e.g. install lightdm or sddm via http://doc.mageia.org/mcc/5/en/content/rpmdrake.html
drakedem only allows to switch between installed display managers.