SuSe Linux 9.0 hangs on shutdown

Hello SuSE Linux 9.0 hangs on every shutdown. The cause of this crashes is SMPPPD. If I stop SMPPPD manually, the Computer freezes too. Can anybody help me please. I do not think, I can use this installation that way. Thanks in advance A. Madritsch -- Informatikdienste Universität Zürich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zürich Tel: 044 635 67 89 Fax: 044 635 45 05