On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 13:20, David S. Miller wrote: > On 17 Aug 2003 11:02:32 -0400 > Steve Pacenka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 22:53, David S. Miller wrote: > > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:54:24 -0400 > > > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Sounds to me like the power button on the front is stuck or something. > > > > > > That's my guess too. The only time powerd should ever try to > > > execute shutdown() is when the power button interrupt arrives. > > > > Dave (and Ben), thanks for assistance. > > So here's a question, if you push the button or hold the front panel > button down, does that change the behavior?
Given that the shutdown-flood behavior is intermittent, I'm not sure how to test this. I'll disconnect the button entirely if that is possible without clipping wires. > To be honest, Solaris ought to be doing the same thing to you > on this system. Or NetBSD or whatever else, too; understood. GNU/Linux is the only OS I have installed. Kernel patches do not seem to be a good use of anyone's time except mine to deal with this, presuming that this is a hardware failure. If I disable powerd in the kernel, will that have any side-effects other than losing the ability to use keyboard and front panel buttons for power-off? I assume that a UPS would still behave since the OS would be shut down but the box would be powered on until the UPS dropped power via software command or its battery was exhausted. Again, I appreciate your help. -- SP
