Gentoo doesnt shut down, system comes back up like a reboot

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Kde_User · Post by **Kde_User** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:25 am

i tried to shutdown my system with init 0 and as soon as it turns off, it comes back up again, so it isnt really shuting down, i am using a abit nf7-s v2 and it seems to work with other os, need to setup grub to try windows, it also wont shut down in the live cd, im sorry i cant give more info
and it also fails to turn off, with power button, grr, this started since installed gentoo
its late: goodnight

didymos · Post by **didymos** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:35 pm

Have you tested the other reboot methods?

Kde_User · Post by **Kde_User** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:44 pm

No, what are they, and it seems like /sbin/halt does it better, im not sure if it always works, but it worked once.

lnxz · Post by **lnxz** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:08 pm

What about 'shutdown -h now'?

didymos · Post by **didymos** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:18 pm

I was also referring to seeing if restart methods work as well, or if those hang too. So, the three-finger salute, reboot, shutdown -r now, reboot-via-magic-sysrq-key (which can also turn the machine off if configured to, which I don't know how to do, actually. Sorry).

whig · Post by **whig** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:33 pm

Magic keys are good - beware of security though. Below has info, power off is 'o'

http://aplawrence.com/Words2005/2005_04_13.html

Kde_User · Post by **Kde_User** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:14 pm

lnxz wrote:What about 'shutdown -h now'?

Nope, it comes back up still :/

srm · Post by **srm** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:23 pm

hmm...could this be a BIOS issue? Something like the option, where you can set what to do when a power-loss occured. Maybe your BIOS thinks the shutdown is some kind of power-loss and reboots?

Just an idea

Kde_User · Post by **Kde_User** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:16 am

srm wrote:hmm...could this be a BIOS issue? Something like the option, where you can set what to do when a power-loss occured. Maybe your BIOS thinks the shutdown is some kind of power-loss and reboots?

Just an idea

nope, still a problem.... *sigh* i cant use gentoo if its gonna do this to me..

whig · Post by **whig** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:20 am

The abit nf7-s v2 is ~4 years old. If you haven't and are confident apply the latest recommended bios update.

Kde_User · Post by **Kde_User** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:55 am

whig wrote:The abit nf7-s v2 is ~4 years old. If you haven't and are confident apply the latest recommended bios update.

I updated it a month ago... the motherboard has some problems, but suse runs fine on it, so why cant gentoo? and thanks for all the replys so far..
I am using Genkernel, if that could have caused this, and the problem also occures on the live cd.

Yaytay · Post by **Yaytay** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:06 am

Kde_User wrote:
whig wrote:The abit nf7-s v2 is ~4 years old. If you haven't and are confident apply the latest recommended bios update.
I updated it a month ago... the motherboard has some problems, but suse runs fine on it, so why cant gentoo? and thanks for all the replys so far..
I am using Genkernel, if that could have caused this, and the problem also occures on the live cd.

This is a bug introduced in kernel 2.6.20 or 2.6.19 that affects a small number of us and which nobody seems to want to do anything about.

It's not a BIOS issue - earlier kernels work, later ones don't.
It's also not Gentoo.