Unable to reboot the system while kdm is running with multiple Xorg instances
Issue
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 OS is running multiple Xorg session launched via KDM.
- Unable to shutdown or reboot the system during this time as Xorg is stuck.
- Killing all running Xorg processes resumes system shutdown/reboot process.
- Problem is specific to KDM and not observed while using GDM
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- KDM
- Xorg
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