[X Newbies] "The application ShutDown canceled logout"

[David Boag]

Had this problem in the past. Fixed it by reinstalling Classic. Can't 
remember if it was a clean install, but would surmise that it WAS. I 
don't think I tried a regular reinstall.

HTH

On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 10:46  PM, Mac OS X Newbies wrote:

>> The bottom line is there may not be a fix. I'd pay attention to what
>> applications are running in Classic before shutting down to see if
>> there's one that's causing the trouble. The other thing to do is to
>> quit most/all of your Classic applications before shutting down to see
>> if that fixes the problem (if not it's probably something in Classic
>> itself).
>
> Thanks, Mike.
>
> There aren't usually any apps running in Classic, so I don't think 
> that's
> it. And it's definitely not a "timeout" thing, since it's almost
> instantaneous (well, after a few seconds).
>
> I think for some reason Classic doesn't want to shut down when X tells 
> it
> to. Usually shuts down just fine from the System Prefs, just not on
> shutdown.
>
> Hmmmm...
>
> Best,
> David
>

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David R. Boag, DDS
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