System reboots instead of shutting down

mawiegand · 2015-01-13 22:27:54

Hey,

if I try to shutdown my laptop it reboots instead of shutting down.
This behavior occurs when using shutdown menu from KDE, but also when using

shutdown -hP now

in terminal. Currently I've got no idea how to fix this problem.
It's very annoying, so I will appreciate any hint!

dmesg output: Here
lspci output: Here
lscpu output: Here

Thanks for your contribution!

Kinokoio · 2015-01-13 23:17:40

Try systemctl shutdown.

mawiegand · 2015-01-13 23:28:01

Thanks for your quick reply.

systemctl shutdown

Does not exist, but with

systemctl poweroff

I was able to shutdown my laptop.
Any hints how to fix this in KDE menu?

Kinokoio · 2015-01-13 23:45:06

KDE menu uses upower, as far as I know. So, the problem has to be with upower, not with the kernel. Perhaps a misclick or a misconfiguration, rather than a bug. If using upower you have that problem, the mystery is solved.

mawiegand · 2015-01-14 00:38:38

After making some changes in /usr/shar/config/kdm/kdmrc:

Before:

[Shutdown]
BootManager=Grub2
HaltCmd=/sbin/shutdown -h -P now
RebootCmd=/sbin/shutdown -r now

After:

[Shutdown]
BootManager=Grub2
HaltCmd=/sbin/poweroff
RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot

Now everything seems to work.

TheSaint · 2015-01-14 03:05:55

Hey, but how old is your system ?

My /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc:

cat /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc | grep shutdown
# Default is "/sbin/shutdown -h -P now"
HaltCmd=/usr/bin/shutdown -h -P now
# Default is "/sbin/shutdown -r now"
RebootCmd=/usr/bin/shutdown -r now

However /usr/bin/shutdown is a symlink to systemctl.
Don't you have some /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.pacnew laying around ?

mawiegand · 2015-01-14 16:09:22

TheSaint wrote:

Hey, but how old is your system ?

Not old. Installation was on October or November 2014.

TheSaint wrote:

My /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc:

cat /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc | grep shutdown
# Default is "/sbin/shutdown -h -P now"
HaltCmd=/usr/bin/shutdown -h -P now
# Default is "/sbin/shutdown -r now"
RebootCmd=/usr/bin/shutdown -r now

My kdrmc: Here

TheSaint wrote:

However /usr/bin/shutdown is a symlink to systemctl.

Yeah, I know. But this seems to be the reasons why it's working.
Shutting down with

shutdown -h -P now

does not work. My laptop is down for about two seconds and then reboots.
But it works with

systemctl poweroff

TheSaint wrote:

Don't you have some /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.pacnew laying around?

Yeah, I've got one: Here.
I also replaced my current kdmrc config with the kdmrc.pacnew,
but after making some changes in systemsettings of KDE it looks like the linked config above.

TheSaint · 2015-01-14 21:51:51

mawiegand wrote:

Shutting down with
shutdown -h -P now
does not work. My laptop is down for about two seconds and then reboots.
But it works with
systemctl poweroff

So, a bit of hacking, my friend
You may need to replace the command line in the kdmrc.

mawiegand wrote:

I also replaced my current kdmrc config with the kdmrc.pacnew,

For lesser risks I'm used to compare the files before do a change and see if it's worth the substitution.

mawiegand · 2015-01-15 00:15:21

OK. The problem is not fixed.

I am able to shutdown with

systemctl poweroff

and also with

shutdown -h -P now

but only in battery mode. When my laptop is connected to my docking station both commands don't work…
Any hints how to solve this? Thanks!

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#1 2015-01-13 22:27:54

System reboots instead of shutting down

#2 2015-01-13 23:17:40

Re: System reboots instead of shutting down

#3 2015-01-13 23:28:01

Re: System reboots instead of shutting down

#4 2015-01-13 23:45:06

Re: System reboots instead of shutting down

#5 2015-01-14 00:38:38

Re: System reboots instead of shutting down

#6 2015-01-14 03:05:55

Re: System reboots instead of shutting down

#7 2015-01-14 16:09:22

Re: System reboots instead of shutting down

#8 2015-01-14 21:51:51

Re: System reboots instead of shutting down

#9 2015-01-15 00:15:21

Re: System reboots instead of shutting down

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