Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:08:13 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reboot Problem with 5.2.1 Message-ID: <603563EE-89C2-11D8-9DA3-000393681B06@lafn.org>
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> On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:23:06 -0700 > Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: > >> I am testing 5.2.1 in preperation for moving production servers >> eventually from 4.6 to 5.x. Most of the issues I have figured out, >> but >> there is one that I cannot get to work - shutdown -r now. Rebooting >> dies consistently. With the GENERIC kernel I get the message: >> >> Rebooting... >> Keyboard reset did not work, attempting CPU shutdown >> >> In NOTES is a dexcription of BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET so I added that and >> rebuilt the kernel. Now all I get is the Rebooting... line and >> nothing >> more. Granted the system I am using for testing is not at all like >> the >> production hardware, but rebooting worked fine on 4.6 with this >> system. >> I am very reluctant to convert any production systems unless I can >> be >> sure they can successfully be rebooted without having a person >> on-site. >> These machines are all unattended and quite far away. Is there a >> workaround for this issue? > Try toggeling hw.acpi.disable_on_poweroff with sysctl. > > Regards, > > Stephen Hilton > Setting both the BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET and hw.acpi.disable_on_powerff to 0 fixed my problem. Now the systems reboot properly.
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