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adrianmay

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Registered: 2017-12-19

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Can't reboot or halt

Hi All,

I made a new arch system tonight with the current release. When I halt or reboot the last thing I see is "Disassembling stacked devices" (on an otherwise blank screen preceeded by "Unmounting all devices\.nDetaching loop devices.") but I don't see "System halted", and it can't reboot.

This is an absolute show stopper for me because I intend to put this machine in somebody else's house.

I have applied the shutdown hook on the advice of a related post, and that reduces some chatter, but nevertheless I can't reboot.

Any help much appreciated.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Can't reboot or halt

Sure it's not just
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/8155
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=233820
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=234329

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adrianmay

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Registered: 2017-12-19

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Re: Can't reboot or halt

It isn't 1/3 because I already activated the shutdown link.

It isn't 2 either because I don't have nvidia:
[root@loot ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction Register (rev 0e)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display (rev 0e)
00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series SATA AHCI Controller (rev 0e)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx, Celeron N2000 Series USB xHCI (rev 0e)
00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 0e)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller (rev 0e)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 0e)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 0e)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 0e)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 0e)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series USB EHCI (rev 0e)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Power Control Unit (rev 0e)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series SMBus Controller (rev 0e)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c)

Any other ideas?

seth

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Re: Can't reboot or halt

Can you explicitly "systemctl halt"?

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adrianmay

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Re: Can't reboot or halt

"systemctl halt" gives the same result.

I have noticed the following in the journalctl during shutdown:

   pam_systemd(login:session): Failed to release session: Interrupted system call

This log doesn't occur on my other arch box which can shutdown properly. The only google hit about that log says it's harmless, but perhaps that author wasn't bothered about closing down.