Power off occasinally freezes

ender4 · 2011-02-08 00:57:02

I'm not sure if this is the right place to put it, but I think it is a kernel problem.

Sometimes, when I turn off my laptop, it freezes during power-off. I see the usual messages about stopping daemons and other processes, and then when it displays the [Power Off] message (I think that is what it says), it just hangs until I force a power down (by holding down the power button). This is terribly annoying, and I would really like to fix it. I am willing to recompile the kernel, but all my previous attempts have been unbootable (probably because I accedently removed a module I needed). My uname command gives:
Linux [hostname] 2.6.37-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT [DATE] x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

neutrix · 2011-02-08 08:14:57

I have also been experiencing strange shutdown issues since 2.6.37. If I leave it long enough it gives me a message something like this:

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note: migration/1[8] exited with preempt_count 2

WARNING: at kernel/watchdog.c:227 watchdog_overflow_callback+0x...

Hardware name: Aspire 1420p

Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 0

Modules: ...<all modules listed here>"

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I would appreciate any input on this issue. Thanks.

skunktrader · 2011-02-08 14:13:33

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25522
I have 2.6.37 installed on 5 machines -- shutdown works fine on 4 of them but always hangs on a dell inspiron 1525

pit · 2011-02-08 22:18:38

Same problem with my ThinkPad R61 - CPU icon disappears and it hangs.

nullvoid · 2011-02-10 18:02:32

I used to have the same problem on my Atom 330 machine. Turning off hyper-threading in BIOS did the trick for me. Not a long-term solution, but at least my server reboots properly now

youplease · 2011-02-10 20:41:06

skunktrader wrote:

but always hangs on a dell inspiron 1525

Yep, I have the same problem on my dell inspiron 1525.

Leonid.I · 2011-02-10 22:12:30

Hmm, I haven't observed it yet on an Core2 duo P7350. Here is some additional info, suggesting that it's a problem with putting CPU offline: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1094035. I wonder what happens if one disables the CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR parameter.

Commander · 2011-02-12 07:06:36

Hi there, I got exactly the same problem with my laptop. running with root "shutdown -h now" freezes during the Power Off output 99% of the time. Checked the loggs and dmesg but cannot find anything.
Running with Arch Linux 2.6.37-ARCH (64bit)
x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100 @ 1.80GHz (HP Compaq 6501b)
Running with slim and openbox
lshw = http://codepad.org/zBnSHyaT

Edit
Did wait and got a traceback log.
First pic is a bit blurry could not get so much text = http://image.bayimg.com/hadbbaadn.jpg
Second pic whole traceback log = http://image.bayimg.com/hadbcaadn.jpg

My friend running same computer with Arch and Openbox have exactly same issues.

Last edited by Commander (2011-02-12 07:27:16)

Glaucous · 2011-02-12 22:28:25

I am the "friend", and I'm getting the very same error (with the same hardware).
Tried without any modules, and without any daemons.

- I can now confirm that the problem disappears when using "nomodeset", although this kills Intel drivers.

Last edited by Glaucous (2011-02-12 22:35:23)

litemotiv · 2011-02-13 18:39:37

Please continue here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=891763

Closing to avoid duplication.

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Power off occasinally freezes

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