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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> [14-12-01 19:16]: |
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> meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > another >sigh< from an Arietta adventure... |
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> > |
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> > I sintalled Gentoo on an Arietta G25 |
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> > (http://www.acmesystems.it/arietta). |
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> > For this I used Robert Nelsons Kernel for armv5tel platforms, |
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> > which boots fine (using at91bootstrap, no U-Boot). |
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> > |
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> > But: Shutdown (as recommmended by acmesystems "shutdown -h -H now") |
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> > REBOOTS the system instead of powering it down. |
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> > |
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> > The hardware is not to blame: Using the original Debian rootfs |
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> > and the kernel 3.16.1 (Robert Nelsons kernel is 3.17.3.) the |
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> > powerdown works fine. |
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> > |
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> > Firstly I blamed the kernel...but when using the 3.16.1 kernel |
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> > and the Gentoo rootfs the problem remains. |
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> > |
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> > Then I copied the Gentoo shutdown to the Debian rootfs, boot that |
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> > and tries to shutdown the Debian Linux with it. |
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> > shutdown cries "no /dev/initctl" adn shutdowns the system only for |
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> > rebooting it. |
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> > |
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> > Ok...seems to be the shutdown executable. |
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> > |
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> > I copied the Debian shutdown to Gentoo and tries that: |
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> > The systems reboots. |
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> > |
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> > Slowly but surely I begin to think, that I dont understand anything at all of |
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> > It would be relly good news, |
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> > that... |
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> > |
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> > "man shutdown" on the Debian image informs me, that the manpages |
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> > were not installed (embedded system...). Shutdown --version gives |
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> > a short help of the usual options...but nothing more. |
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> > |
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> > What is the difference here? |
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> > Isn't it, that all shutdown applications only send some instructions |
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> > to the kernel and the kernel is the main actor in bringing the system |
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> > down? |
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> > |
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> > Is there any shutdown guru ;) out there, who is able to shed some |
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> > light into this problem ? :) |
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> > Thank you very much in advance for any torch send into my direction! |
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> > Best regards, |
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> > Meino |
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> > |
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> |
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> Just shooting in the dark here, try -h and -H but not at the same time? |
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> Maybe having both is clashing in some weird way??? |
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> |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Hi Dale, |
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The "Trouble shooting FAQ"*) by acmesystems explicitely say "shutdown -h |
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-H now" (and it works with the Debian rootfs)...but I will try "the |
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other shutdowns" and will see, what happens, |
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Best regards, |
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Meino |
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*) http://www.acmesystems.it/qa |
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