Fedora 12 shutdown hangs (after recent kernel update)

[JayLinux]

On doing Shutdown as Normal User, there is a quick scroll of messages
(similar to those at login) and it then hangs with a blinking cursor
at the top left of the screen. I noticed this after a recent update
that included a new kernel.

2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.i686.PAE

Trying to shutdown through a virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2) after
logging in as root also did not help. There was a blinking cursor on
top left of the screen and the PC hung there with C-A-Del having no
effect.

Is there any place to look for possible Shutdown Error Message / logs ?

Jay

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