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Hi all,
I'm experiencing a strange problem: when i try to shutdown the system, it performs all operations but after the "POWER OFF" it...restarts!!!
What's happening?
Maybe is a very trivial problem...but i don't know how to solve.
Thnaks in advance
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Hi all,
I'm experiencing a strange problem: when i try to shutdown the system, it performs all operations but after the "POWER OFF" it...restarts!!!
How do you shutdown - via 'shutdown -h now'?
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Yes, how are you shutting down? From inside KDE/GNOME/XFCE? With shutdown -h now? Smashing your box with a sledge hammer?
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Yeah, I have the same problem - ever since doing a system update a week or two ago 'shutdown -h now' and 'init 0' both result in a reboot. Before the update I used shutdown. Any handy hints on resolving this?
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I shutdown with:
shutdown -P 0 -h
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same here bur only on one notebook Toshiba Satellite L300D-21P (AMD Sempron, ATI Chipset with int. ATI Radeon 3100) - shutdown works with gdm - with slim allways a reboot (shutdown -h, poweroff, init 0) - don't know why it works with gdm ... - initscripts are installed ...
Archlinux on Samsung x20 notebook and on Acer Aspire One 110l
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Sorry I'm just connected. Well, i'm using GNOME. I do System->Shut Down...
it shows alla scripts...then, POWER OFF message, but...it restarts!!!
i think there should be some config file to properly set. it 's not normal.
Thanks
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A gdm bug maybe?
I use dwm and shutdown via 'shutdown -h now' and it's fine.
Last edited by karol (2010-07-17 14:58:59)
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it was the same problem with kdm
Just tried "#shutdown -h now"
It restarts!!!!!!
Last edited by virusso80 (2010-07-17 15:01:02)
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<scratches head>
I'm running 32-bit.
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<scratches head>
I'm running 32-bit.
me too!
it's still a new fresh installation!!!
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virusso80, please you fewer exclamation marks - or even none at all. I can hear you fine, man.
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For a temporary solution...
Open /etc/rc.shutdown with your favorite editor.
Go to the end, find the line with /sbin/poweroff; replace the line with `sleep 30`.
Now when shutting down, after you get that last "POWER OFF" message, turn off the machine via the power button.
Should work just fine. xD
Note that /etc/rc.shutdown will be overwritten when you install a new version of initscripts.
Last edited by TaylanUB (2010-07-17 16:21:44)
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virusso80, please you fewer exclamation marks - or even none at all. I can hear you fine, man.
yes sorry man...XD
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I have the same problem with my HP laptop, and downgrading to the 2.6.33 kernel series solved it for me. Not sure if there is a fix out yet.
Another forum thread points to plymouth as the cause, this may or may not apply to you.
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FWIW, my arch box with this problem is a 64 bit server with no GUI.
rc.conf:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond named sshd mysqld httpd samba)
plus openvpn launched in rc.local
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I reinstalled arch again from scratch: the issue above is still there. I'm not able to shut down! Maybe it's a bug! Can you please confirm that? did u try installing the new version and make it working without this problem?
Thanks
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It's probably a bug in the kernel related to your specific hardware.
By the way i was more or less serious with my previous recommendation. (Do your have _any_ other option?) At the very least, the OS/filesystem will get absolutely no damage, if you do what i described. And although i cannot be sure, i'm thinking that holding the power button down has the same effect on the hardware as a power-off signal coming from the kernel.
Other than that, 'poweroff' has the -h and -i switches (see the manpage), but i doubt that those have any serious importance.
``Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.''
~ Albert Einstein
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