They have openFirmware. I will try it. THanks,
On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltrian...@rezozer.net> wrote: > Hello Forum: > > On 20/03/16 04:42, Michael Milliman wrote: >> >> >> On 03/19/2016 09:40 PM, lina wrote: >>> shutdown -h now >>> >>> doesn't work. it still reboot. >>> >> This sounds like an issue with the hardware or BIOS not with the >> Debian OS, or with the Desktop environment. Though I have not had >> this problem, I have had several others related to >> shutdown/reboot/suspend/hibernate on various machines, but I know for >> a fact that all such problems have been with the hardware/BIOS, not >> the Debian software. I don't know enough about the iMac to offer >> anything more. > > Does recent iMac have a BIOS ? > > Jerome > >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> On Saturday 19 March 2016 23:37:05 Patrick Bartek wrote: >>>>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016, David Christensen wrote: >>>>>> On 03/19/2016 05:40 AM, lina wrote: >>>>>>> Every time since I installed the system, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> every time I tried Shut Down, it mainly restart again. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I checked online and tried several methods but still don't >>>>>>> work. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can anyone suggest me how to solve it. >>>>>> I'm having the same issue: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=818311 >>>>>> >>>>>> So far, no progress in resolving it. >>>>> No problem here. 'shutdown -h now' (as root) works as it >>>>> should. Wheezy 64-bit, fully up-to-date; no desktop >>>>> environments installed, just Openbox window manager. System >>>>> boots to terminal, login there, then startx. I like to keep >>>>> things simple. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe, problem is related to a desktop environment. >>>>> >>>>> B >>>> No, I use a desktop, and have a desktop installed on several >>>> other computers I administer. 3 x Wheezy, 2 x Jessie. TDE, >>>> variously 14.0.3 and 3.5.13.2. All shut down without a problem. >>>> >>>> Lisi >>>> >> >