>I am reluctant to bring this up again, since I saw it just a few >months ago on this list, and didn't pay attention at the time. So, >at the risk of rehashing this problem (if that is what it is), I am >submitting it again since I am now having the same difficulty myself. > >I am using the original Debian 1.1 release (kernel 2.0.0), and when >I issue a "shutdown -h now" command, I get the following: > >System halted >general protection: 0000 >CPU: 0 >EIP: 0010: [<00173257>] >EFLAGS: 00010046 >eax: 00005307 ebx: 00000001 ecx: bfff0003 edx: 00000000 >esi: bfffff0c edi: 08000e4a ebp: bfff0003 esp: 005a5f80 >ds: 0000 es: 0000 fs: 0000 gs: 0000 ss: 0018 >Process halt (pid: 220, process nr: 6, stackpage=005a5000) >Stack: ....
>I'd like to know if this is normal, or a symptom of a needed kernel upgrade, >or something else entirely. I hate to post this again, seeing that you have >all probably solved this and moved on. But I would greatly appreciate any >help that you may possibly be able to give. I had the same symptom with Debian 1.1 with kernel 2.0.0, and it went away when I reinstalled with the mid-July base disks with kernel 2.0.6. I hope this helps...
