After having installed systemd-44-8.fc17 *and* applying the most recent F17 updates (includes a *glibc* update) , the reboot problem has deteriorated: 1) Even going from runlevel 5 into runlevel 3 and then rebooting (was previously a workaround) no more helps. 2) Booting directly into to runlevel 3 and the trying to reboot now shows the delay too! -- Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de&gt; http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes