On 2012-01-02, Ashton Fagg <ash...@fagg.id.au> wrote: > G'day Curt. > > On 03/01/12 02:34, Curt wrote: >> There's nothing in the logs to distinguish the no poweroff shutdowns >> from the poweroff ones (I don't think; I have looked). > > I wouldn't think there would be at the very end, because everything is > expecting to be powered off. Which makes everything all the more tricky. > I'm assuming this is a laptop?
This is not a laptop. This is an Acer x1430 running debian squeeze. > There's a couple of things you can try, but I would suggest looking at > playing about with "reboot=" kernel parameters. This is a pretty > straight-forward thing to set up but will require some trial and error > to see what works. Have a look here: > http://linux.koolsolutions.com/2009/08/04/howto-fix-linux-hangfreeze-during-reboots-and-restarts/ > > (Just press "e" and add them to the kernel temporarily initially. If you > find one that works you can set it up in grub later on) > > Also, does this occur only on shutdown? Does it happen sometimes if > you're rebooting rather than powering off? There are no freezes or hangs, nor does this have anything to do with rebooting the machine; after the shutdown procedure has terminated, the machine periodically simply fails to power off. That is all. > Another option is to update to a newer kernel - could please clarify > what you're using (Squeeze, Wheezy etc)? curty@einstein:~$ uname -a Linux einstein 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 03:41:26 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux Thanks for your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnjg5c17.3c2.cu...@einstein.electron.org
