Problems with shutdown -h now

+BroNNoS+ · Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2002 10:16 pm Post subject: Problems with shutdown -h now

Hi all,

Has anyone else expirienced problems when doing a 'shutdown -h now'? I get the following:

flushing ide devices: hda, hdb etc
Power Down
/sbin/rc: return : can only 'return' from a function or sourced script

and the computer hangs.

Thanks

gschneider · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 8:27 am Post subject:

I have the same message.
but it doesnt hang, the kernel just doesn't shut the computer off.
You have forgotten to enable APM, ACPI and/or APIC in kernel setup. (I'm not sure which is responsible for it, I think it is ACPI).

So you need to recompile your kernel.
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+BroNNoS+ · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 8:33 am Post subject:

Thanks, will look into it tonight. But I'm almost sure I compiled it in already. I already figured out it has to do something with APM, APIC and ACPI stuff. I shall look into the power options more closely.

Framba · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 18 Location: Italy

If you find it, can you tell me? I didn't compile nor ACPI nor other Power Management and I would like to keep the kernel as light as I can. Thanks

Jeevz · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 8:05 pm Post subject:

Hmm... if I remember correctly you can compile APM/ACPI as a module. If you can, and did, make sure you load it.

Fragadelic · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 26

Fragadelic · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 26

Okay, I recompiled my kernel tonight and the shutdown to power down works.

If you have an ACPI enabled motherboard you need to include the following in the kernel compile.

I recommend using 'make menuconfig'.

Under the 'General Setup', include the following:

[*] Power Management support
[*] ACPI support
[ ] ACPI Debug Statements
<*> ACPI Bus Manager
<*> System
< > Processor
< > Button
< > AC Adapter
< > Embedded Controller

You can check the help on the other options but that is all you need for power off after shutdown.

sven · Apprentice Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 274

My computer also does not power down though I enabled ACPI and APM in my kernel. I get the same script error message after halting the system... This is how my kernel config looks like

[*] Power Management support
[*] ACPI support
[ ] ACPI Debug Statements
<*> ACPI Bus Manager
<*> System
<*> Processor
<*> Button
< > AC Adapter
< > Embedded Controller
<*> Advanced Power Management BIOS support
[ ] Ignore USER SUSPEND
[*] Enable PM at boot time
[*] Make CPU Idle calls when idle
[ ] Enable console blanking using APM
[ ] RTC stores time in GMT
[ ] Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls
[*] Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off

I have an Epox KHAL mainboard...

Fragadelic · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 26

If you have ACPI enabled then you should not have APM enabled. They will conflict with each other.

Disable the APM stuff and try again.

sven · Apprentice Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 274

Just did it and now it works! Thank you very much!
I just could have fixed the problem myself if I had taken a look into my BIOS setup before! Doh!

Everybody who experiences the same problem should check if the BIOS supports ACPI or APM and enable/disable these in the kernel. I guess all modern mainboards use ACPI.

niyogi · Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 9:41 pm Post subject:

cool.. i was having this problem too (although i didn't really regard it so much as a major one

feend · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 3

Hey it's Guybrush Threepwood!

Anyway. Did the /sbin/rc message ever go away out of
curiosity?

+BroNNoS+ · Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2002 12:15 am Post subject:

Got it now:

- Had to recompile the kernel with no SMP support
- Had probs with kernel compilation after this change
- Had to do mrproper (thx fghellar)
- Had some troubles with 'unresolved symbols' with 'make modules'
- Deleted all modules in etc/modules (thx Google), did it again
- After this had problems with sound module, but fixed that also
- All in all compiled the kernel about 20 or more times
- But now it shuts down properly!

Man, do I LOVE Linux :-)

)).

Jeevz · Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2002 12:41 am Post subject:

Do you need to get the acpid package to make full use of this?

Guest · Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2002 8:46 pm Post subject: Doesn't completely work for me :(

I've enabled all ACPI options, but when I shut down, my optical mouse and NIC don't power off. The NIC stays on-line and the light in my mouse still burns.

Could someone pleaze tell me what's going on?! And how te solve it :roll:

Thanx

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20589

knopper · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2002 8:21 am Post subject:

No when I shut down in Windows it all works fine. And I don't use Wake up on LAN (the cable isn't connected) And like I said, in Windows (XP) everthing goes off correctly.

I'm the same user as "guest" but now i'm logged in :lol:

lodger · n00b Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 53

shutdown -h powers off hda but not hdb where I have gentoo

knopper · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2002 6:51 pm Post subject:

lain iwakura · Apprentice Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 176 Location: sd, ca

I've got a similar problem with the gentoo r1 sources.

I've compiled in ACPI support, bus and system support, and when I use 'shutdown -h now' it goes through the shutdown process and and at the end of the sequence, it just says 'POWERING DOWN" but doesn't.

anyone know what could be the deal here?

sibn · n00b Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 36