On 18/08/2012 07:09, Polytropon wrote:
A can only guess: It probably means that the button is fixed
(mounted) in the machine, e. g. at the front panel.
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface :
"ACPI-compliant systems interact with hardware through eithe
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:53:55 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> Hmmm:
>
> acpi0: <030811 XSDT1017> on motherboard
> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
> acpi0: reservation of fec0, 1000 (3) failed
> acpi0: reservation of fee0, 1000 (3) failed
> acpi0: reservation of ffb8, 8 (3) failed
> acpi0: r
On 08/17/12 22:23, Polytropon wrote:
> Also check the BIOS setup. In most cases, the default configuration
> will assign the button press to a "soft power down", raising the
> proper signal via ACPI. You can also check dmesg's output:
>
> acpi_button0: on acpi0
> acpi_button1: on ac
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:14:47 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> On 08/17/12 21:17, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:44:10 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> >> On 08/17/12 19:05, Polytropon wrote:
> 2. When my machine hung (could not rlogin or ping), I powered
> off and rebooted.
> >>>
> >
On 08/17/12 21:17, Polytropon wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:44:10 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
>> On 08/17/12 19:05, Polytropon wrote:
2. When my machine hung (could not rlogin or ping), I powered
off and rebooted.
>>>
>>> Does the machine have a "soft power button" and it is configured
>
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:44:10 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> On 08/17/12 19:05, Polytropon wrote:
> >> 2. When my machine hung (could not rlogin or ping), I powered
> >> off and rebooted.
> >
> > Does the machine have a "soft power button" and it is configured
> > to issue a "shutdown -p now" (which
On 08/17/12 19:05, Polytropon wrote:
>> 2. When my machine hung (could not rlogin or ping), I powered
>> off and rebooted.
>
> Does the machine have a "soft power button" and it is configured
> to issue a "shutdown -p now" (which is quite common)? When you
> have access to the machine, try that.
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:19:07 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> 1. It appears to me that the file system (ufs) is not writing
> stuff out when things are idle. If I do a sync manually and
> leave the machine idle and it crashes later, it comes up clean.
> If I don't do a sync manually and it crashes la
When my system hangs and I have to force it to power cycle, I sometimes have
some fsck issues. So some questions:
1. It appears to me that the file system (ufs) is not writing stuff out when
things are idle. If I do a sync manually and leave the machine idle and it
crashes later, it comes up
