Linux can shutdown your machine automatically AND safely only if you
currently are running single processor mode. If you are shutting down
from smp, the power manager has been disabled and is unavailable to do
the shutdown. In the future maybe, but now from smp mode YOU get to push
the button.
Tom
John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > Hi..
> > When I do a shutdown -h now the system shutsdown the various file
> > systems and then says system is halted..After this mine says..stopping all md
> > devices, the screen then is filled with columns of scrolling numbers like
> > d3>][<c383fcff] [<c383058e>]....Could anyone tell me how to avoid this..
> > It does not seem to affect the shutdown as I do not get a warning message on
> > reboot..I tried a sync sync before shutdown but it made no difference......
> >
> Your system is trying to auto-power down. You need to tell
> it not to attempt to power down. Sorry, I forgot what you
> need to edit or what changes need to be made, but basically
> it's the APM trying to shut down your machine. It's just
> better to manually power it down by pushing the power
> button than to let Linux power it down....
> John
