On Monday, December 01, 2014 7:34:35 PM meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> [14-12-01 19:16]: > > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > another >sigh< from an Arietta adventure... > > > > > > I sintalled Gentoo on an Arietta G25 > > > (http://www.acmesystems.it/arietta). > > > > > > For this I used Robert Nelsons Kernel for armv5tel platforms, > > > which boots fine (using at91bootstrap, no U-Boot). > > > > > > But: Shutdown (as recommmended by acmesystems "shutdown -h -H now") > > > REBOOTS the system instead of powering it down. > > > > > > The hardware is not to blame: Using the original Debian rootfs > > > and the kernel 3.16.1 (Robert Nelsons kernel is 3.17.3.) the > > > powerdown works fine. > > > > > > Firstly I blamed the kernel...but when using the 3.16.1 kernel > > > and the Gentoo rootfs the problem remains. > > > > > > Then I copied the Gentoo shutdown to the Debian rootfs, boot that > > > and tries to shutdown the Debian Linux with it. > > > shutdown cries "no /dev/initctl" adn shutdowns the system only for > > > rebooting it. > > > > > > Ok...seems to be the shutdown executable. > > > > > > I copied the Debian shutdown to Gentoo and tries that: > > > The systems reboots. > > > > > > Slowly but surely I begin to think, that I dont understand anything at all of > > > It would be relly good news, > > > that... > > > > > > "man shutdown" on the Debian image informs me, that the manpages > > > were not installed (embedded system...). Shutdown --version gives > > > a short help of the usual options...but nothing more. > > > > > > What is the difference here? > > > Isn't it, that all shutdown applications only send some instructions > > > to the kernel and the kernel is the main actor in bringing the system > > > down? > > > > > > Is there any shutdown guru ;) out there, who is able to shed some > > > light into this problem ? :) > > > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any torch send into my direction! > > > Best regards, > > > Meino > > > > > > > Just shooting in the dark here, try -h and -H but not at the same time? > > Maybe having both is clashing in some weird way??? > > > > Dale > > > > :-) :-) > > > > Hi Dale, > > The "Trouble shooting FAQ"*) by acmesystems explicitely say "shutdown -h > -H now" (and it works with the Debian rootfs)...but I will try "the > other shutdowns" and will see, what happens, > > Best regards, > Meino > > > > *) http://www.acmesystems.it/qa >
Also AFAICT the -H option just set an env variable INIT_HALT and it looks like OpenRC ignores it so look at your init scripts on Debian and see what it does when it is set. -- Fernando Rodriguez frodriguez.develo...@outlook.com PGP Key: http://keys.gnupg.net/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF6CE157FF9525C1C
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