On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:00:05PM +0100, Peter J. Philipp wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 09:20:46PM +0100, Toni Mueller wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > for several releases of OpenBSD, I now have encountered the problem
> > that I can say "shutdown -r now", or "halt", or "reboot", and nothing
> > appears to happen, except for some messages on the associated
> > terminals.
> >
> > Sometimes, it works after saying it multiple times, and literally after
> > minutes, and on otherwise idle boxen.
> >
> > Ideas about what I can do to pinpoint the problem, are most welcome!
>
> I had something like this on vmware when switching from workstation 6 to
> workstation 7. Basically what happened was that vic1 (second ethernet) was
> left in "no carrier" state on a vmnet that didn't exist. When I finally
> noticed it and made a proper vmnet for it, the reboot or halt problem went
> away.
>
> Perhaps you have an interface in "no carrier" state?
That alone isn't enough - I frequently halt my laptop with no network
cable attached (to re0), and never noticed any particularly long waits.
Joachim
