Re: Hibernate shuts off comp but shutdown now -h doesn't

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Sunday, 14 October 2007 15:26, dev wrote:
> Hey,
>  I have a P4 2.8 GHz 915 , ASUS Mobo , Slackware linux 12 running
> kernel 2.6.23 right now , but have used most of the major (2.6.*)
> releases since 2.6.17
> 
> My computer on shutdown now -h never shut down. A "power down" is
> printed on the screen and the monitor goes black, but the comp never
> actually shutdown. I always had to kill power manually. I tried with
> the generic kernel supplied with slackware (everything is a module) as
> well as the huge kernel (everything is compiled in) as well as my own
> kernel builds since 2.6.18. Nothing made by comp actually halt on its
> own. I assumed it was a faulty ACPI on my computer, and didn't think
> much of it.
> 
> I installed the latest 2.6.23 kernel. After installing , the shutdown
> now -h command still doesn't work. But I tested out the
> hibernate/suspend to disk via:
> 
> echo shutdown >> /sys/power/disk
> echo disk >> /sys/power/state
> 
> In this case, the system halts down.
> 
> I want to know : if the hibernate / suspend to disk can halt my
> computer why can't shutdown now -h. Any reasons for this / fix ?

What happens if you do "echo shutdown > /sys/power/disk" before hibernation?

Greetings,
Rafael