From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: Hibernate shuts off comp but shutdown now -h doesn't Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:54:50 +0200 Message-ID: <200710141554.51082.rjw@sisk.pl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:54488 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751371AbXJNNj1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:39:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: dev Cc: kernelnewbies , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org 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