On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 04:41:24PM -0000, CGS wrote: > > I have a hardware problem (graphics card occasionally crashes, I shall get a > > new one next week). This is what made me aware of the problem. I can ssh > > into > > the machine and poweroff (reboot is not enough, power cycle needed) - which > > is > > what I did. I now send instances of the editor SIGTERM before typing > > poweroff - > > thus it saves modified buffers. > > Right. I think the crashed system isn't performing a canonical poweroff.
Reboot does not do a power cycle. The graphics card crashes (system log has messages complaining about it), sometimes crashes the system but generally not - thus I can ssh in. > Try powering off the machine when the system isn't crashed; this will > demonstrate whether there's a bug or not. Tried that and I get the same problem (in a VM, but will work the same). Why did you think that I did not try that ? -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include <std_disclaimer.h>
