diff -upr gdm-2.20.0-pre/daemon/gdm.c gdm-2.20.0-post/daemon/gdm.c
--- gdm-2.20.0-pre/daemon/gdm.c	2007-09-21 15:48:23.000000000 -0500
+++ gdm-2.20.0-post/daemon/gdm.c	2007-09-21 16:25:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ halt_machine (void)
 #ifdef __linux__
 		change_to_first_and_clear (FALSE);
 #endif /* __linux */
-
+		sleep (20);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ restart_machine (void)
 #ifdef __linux__
 		change_to_first_and_clear (TRUE);
 #endif /* __linux */
-
+		sleep (20);
 	}
 }