Re: Shutdown

[Steven Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Jul 24, 2011, at 10:44 16PM, Scrap Happy wrote:

> On 7/24/2011 7:08 PM, Steven Bellovin wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>> Apart from everything else you've mentioned, what happens if you
>> hold down the power button for ~5 seconds when this occurs?
> 
> Usually that shuts power down via a "hardware" mechanism (e.g.,
> in a COMBO chip) so I don't know how much diagnostic value it will
> have in this situation.
> 
Right -- I'm looking for an easier answer than turning off the power
supply.


                --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb