> 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.
I had exactly the same issue - neither reboot nor shutdown worked (as in shutdowning or rebooting the computer). Then I found this thread and started to look at network interfaces. I had lost carrier to mos0. So I tried to lookup or bring down the interface. ifconfig just hang at mos0 and didn't respond to ^C. And ^T said that it was usbsync state. Then I just plugged mos0 out (as it is an usb network card) and reboot immediately worked. P.S. That's on 4.6, haven't tried -current.
