Re: Shutdown

["Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost>]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 07:04:53PM -0400, Clark Chapman wrote:
> I am a recent convert from Dragonfly running NetBSD 5.1 GENERIC on a 
> desktop. One problem still remaining concerns shutdown.
> 
> If I enter 'shutdown -h now' the system goes to the message 'Press any 
> key to reboot' then I can power off using the power button.
> 
> If I enter 'shutdown -p now' the system goes to the message 'acpi0: 
> Entering state 5' then the system freezes, the power button doesn't work 
> and I have to turn off the power supply.
> 
> To complicate matters sometimes everything works perfectly.
> 
> I have attached the dmesg.
> 
> Thanks, Clark Chapman
> 
> 

In -current, there has been a change about the order of CPUs being
shut down, after which poweroff seems to work more reliably. I
am also experiencing the same problem, also on a shutdown -r. The
"fix" is then to turn off my box by pressing the power button for
some 5-6 seconds until the box completely turns off and start over...

-Martin