kdm reports failed during shutdown

Support knowledgebase (kdm_failed_72)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.2
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Symptom:

When you shut down your machine, the following message appears:
Shutting down service kdm                                    failed

Cause:

An error in the login screens initscript.

Solution:

Actually we´re still working on a solution, which we´ll present here shortly. Indeed you can ignore the message because everything is functioning in the correct way nevertheless.
Keywords: KDM, FAILED, SHUTTING, DOWN, SHUTDOWN, HALT, SERVICE, KDE

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