cannot shut down

martvefun · 2010-08-12 11:45:09

Hi,

For a few days I cannot turn off my computer.
When I use the normal gnome shut down menu, if I try to shut down or restart the screen goes black, I see the nvidia logo and I go back to gdm.

I tried using "shutdown now" as root and them I get stuck at a black screen with just

Arch Linux 2.6.34-ARCH (mart-laptop) (tty1)

The only way to really turn off my computer is using the power button

thank you

Last edited by martvefun (2010-08-21 10:11:33)

archman-cro · 2010-08-12 11:57:21

Try 'shutdown -h now' as root. It should shut the PC down.

edpl · 2010-08-12 13:00:39

I always use halt for that.

martvefun · 2010-08-12 15:58:47

"shutdown -h now" does the same : black screen with the message "arch linux 2.6..."

Spider.007 · 2010-08-12 18:20:55

The black screen with message is normal, why don't you try this:

switch to vc1 (ctr+alt+F1) and login as root. Now make sure you see what is being logged by typing:

tail -f /var/log/everything.log &

Now shutdown your machine:

shutdown -h now

Tell us what is being logged to your screen

martvefun · 2010-08-14 07:58:07

I tried ctrl+alt+f1 but I cannot login. I have again this same message "Arch Linux 2.6.34-ARCH (mart-laptop) (tty1)"

archman-cro · 2010-08-14 10:09:04

Spider.007 probably thought of logging off from your session and logging in as root, and then tailing the logs (you can also do it from tty2, if you don't want to use the "&" on the end)? That's how I'd test it.

martvefun · 2010-08-19 14:15:53

ok no idea how but until yesterday it didn't works and I didn't succeed to login as root on a different tty

anyway today it works and it turned off normaly

Spider.007 · 2010-08-21 07:55:30

Maybe it was a bug in the kernel, and you upgraded that and fixed it? It still would have been interesting (maybe for other people experiencing the same problem) what caused it. Also, now you do not know whether the problem is actually fixed, or if it just temporarily disappeared

martvefun · 2010-08-21 10:24:15

ok forget what I said, the problem is not solved :s

sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't

when it used to work, I still had to wait about 20 sec with the message "Arch Linux 2.6.34-ARCH (mart-laptop) (tty1)" before it really turn off

today the situation is :
- go to gdm on tty3 when I try to shutdown "normally"
- on tty1, 4,5... I've the login message "mart-laptop login:" when nothing happens when I try to type something
- on tty2 I've the message "the system is going for system halt now". I can type but nothing happens
- "sudo shutdown -h now" give me the same message as above in the terminal but nothing happens, in my /var/log/everything.log, I've message "Aug 21 12:19:16 mart-laptop shutdown[7846]: shutting down for system halt"
- "sudo shutdown now" same effect as if I try to shutdown using from the system menu (back to gdm)

Last edited by martvefun (2010-08-21 10:24:42)

mixtr · 2010-08-22 00:07:49

put this in your .xinitrc:
exec ck-launch-session gnome-session (<-- or whatever is used to call gnome)

then you will be able to use the restart and shutdown buttons

cesura · 2010-08-22 02:41:04

Also make sure you are part of the power group.

I rarely shutdown, but when I do I use my toe to flip the switch on the power strip under my desk

Spider.007 · 2010-08-22 19:35:38

I'm pretty sure that the tips from mixtr and itsbrad212 will not help since the system tells you it is about to shutdown. That probably means this is not configuration related.

You may be able to extract some information from this similar bug, https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331747

summary of stuff to try:

My work around that works is the following on the boot screen command like:
acpi=force, apm=off

and

For all the old P3 boards: try to use acpi=force.
Are there any boards newer than 5 years showing this, then please reopen and
explain what kind of HW you have.

martvefun · 2010-08-28 11:07:49

now for a few days it works
I still go back to gdm but for a few seconds only (maybe 5) after I see my splash screen during maybe 2 sec and finally the black screen with the same message during a few seconds and it turns off

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