Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:22:46 -0800 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: "Kirk Davis" <Kirk.Davis@epsb.ca> Cc: FreeBSD-stable@freebsd.org, hartzell@alerce.com Subject: RE: Dell poweredge 850 hangs on shutdown -p Message-ID: <17780.22886.490877.319544@satchel.alerce.com> In-Reply-To: <04C71268DFDAA8499EC1A248A44B6A2B08B84957@Exchange21.EDU.epsb.ca> References: <04C71268DFDAA8499EC1A248A44B6A2B08B84957@Exchange21.EDU.epsb.ca>
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Kirk Davis writes: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > > > I have a Dell PowerEdge 850 that hangs when I try to power it down > > using "shutdown -p now". Otherwise it seems to run splendidly. > > > > I reaches the point where it says: "Powering the system off using > > acpi" and then just sits there. > > > > Powering it off by just pressing the power button works perfectly. > > > > It's running a minimal installation from a FreeBSD 6.3BETA3 cd, which > > I burned 11/6/06. > > > > I've pasted the system's dmesg output below. > > > > Has anyone seen this before? > > I have a couple of Dell 2950's with the same problem. It > doesn't happen all the time but it seem to happen more in the reboot > command. Sorry this information doesn't help as I haven't found a work > around yet but it might help to ease your mind knowing your not alone > ;-) Thanks, I've only tried it a couple of times, but for me "shutdown -r now" seems to reliably reboot the machine, but "shutdown -p now" seems to reliably stop at the "Powering off..." message. Let me know if you're sick of the 2950's, you can leave them on my doorstep anytime.... ;) g.
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