--- Mike Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 06:08:12PM -0700, Jim > Angstadt wrote: > > This box was purchased in Feb 2003. The RH > 8.0 > > install went smoothly. I did some > configuration > > for /etc/hosts and related home network > stuff. > > I tried to get gnome-pilot working, including > a > > usb change to the kernel. Then the -Fr and > fsch > > stuff. Later I mounted some NFS trees from > > another home box (rh 9.0). > > Jim, > > It is _possible_ that NFS is causing the > shutdown process to hang > for a long time... if you could go into more > detail about which machine > is NFS mounting what, that could help... but > NFS should be causing > things to hang at a *different* part of the > shutdown sequence. > > > Based on the last few reports you have sent > it is not completing the > shutdown process to the point that it should > call halt -p, which would > call "/sbin/poweroff", which would invoke the > kernel APM option I > mentioned, which would turn off the machine's > power (if the power > supply and BIOS supports that operation). > > Since I don't have a Redhat machine handy, I > can't check the shutdown > scripts myself but you say sometimes you get a: > Sending processes the TERM signal...[hang] > but other times: > System halted. > > - Can you confirm that you tried the same > command three times in a row > and it did different things different times? > > (the command to try each time is "shutdown -h > now") > > > Basically when "shutdown -h now" is run > something like this should happen: > Sending processes the TERM signal... done. > Sending processes the KILL signal... done. > Unmounting filesystems... done. [this line > could be multiple lines] > System halted. > > It sounds like the "killall5" process is > having problems... sometimes > but it is inconsistent. > > The script I have here (on Debian) does the > following: > === > # Kill all processes. > echo -n "Sending all processes the TERM > signal... " > killall5 -15 > echo "done." > sleep 5 > echo -n "Sending all processes the KILL > signal... " > killall5 -9 > echo "done." > === > > As you can see the "sleep" for 5 seconds > happens *after* the "done." > is printed... if the system hangs it would be > inside killall5. > > - Please look around in /etc/init.d/ for a > script named "sendsigs" or run > grep "TERM signal" /etc/init.d/* > to figure out which script there does the > TERM... if the working part of > the script varies much from what is above > paste your script here. > > If they are the same we need to figure out > why killall5 is getting > stuck on your system... I have seen this before > but I can not remember > what the reason was. > > TTFN, > Mike Simons <snip>
Hi Mike, I've been following the RH shutdown process this morning. An init 0 will cause /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt to execute. /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt has this section: [ mind the wrap ] runcmd $"Sending all processes the TERM signal..." /sbin/killall5 -15 sleep 5 runcmd $"Sending all processes the KILL signal..." /sbin/killall5 -9 where runcmd is a function that prints the "Sending..." msg to the console, runs the killall5 cmd, and then prints [ OK ] or [ FAILED ] When I use 'shutdown -h now', [for those times the system hangs] the "Sending all processes the TERM signal..." msg is printed, the "[ OK ]" is printed, and the system hangs. I do NOT see "Sending all processes the KILL signal..." So, I think your description is exactly right. Yesterday afternoon I tried "shutdown -h now" 5 times in a row. Here's a paste from my last msg yesterday: # ----- start paste shutdown seems normal. ends with 'System halted'. I do a physical power off (holding button for 1-2 seconds) and see more text briefly and then bootup. I repeat the above and the system hangs at "Sending processes the TERM signal...". physical power off. [ please note, I'm aware of the 5 second delay after "Sending...". I've always waited at least a minute; sometimes as long as 30 minutes. Once it's past the 5 sec delay, it's fully hung. ] I repeat the above and system ends with "System halted". A quick power button press yields a brief screen of text and then the system is off. I repeat the above and the system hangs at "Sending processes the TERM signal...". physical power off. I repeat the above and system ends with "System halted". A quick power button press yields a brief screen of text and then the system reboots. [ this is clearly inconsistent, but why? ] # ----- end paste Today I tried again: 1. "Sending...", "[ OK ]", hang, physically power off. 2. "Sending...", "[ OK ]", 5 seconds, "Sending...KILL...", more shutdown actions, "power down", push pwr button, reboot. 3. "Sending...", "[ OK ]", hang, physically power off. 4. "Sending...", "[ OK ]", 5 seconds, "Sending...KILL...", more shutdown actions, "power down", push pwr button, reboot. 5. "Sending...", "[ OK ]", 5 seconds, "Sending...KILL...", more shutdown actions, "power down", shutdown. 6. "Sending...", "[ OK ]", hang, physically power off. 7. "Sending...", "[ OK ]", 5 seconds, "Sending...KILL...", more shutdown actions, "power down", black screen, reboot 8. "Sending...", "[ OK ]", hang, physically power off. The quotes are what the system is printing, the rest is my description. What should I do now? Thanks, Jim __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
