Comment 5 for bug 35182

>gdm should use hal to reboot/shutdown.

In an ideal world, yes. Then all the stuff like invoking usplash "just works" when you use gdm, g-p-m, kdm, whatever.

If:
/sbin/usplash_down
/sbin/usplash_write "System is shutting down, please wait..."
:works, then can you find out how gdm shuts down the system without blanking the screen? Thanks.

Richard.