Jc García <jyo.gar...@gmail.com> [14-12-01 20:36]: > 2014-12-01 12:40 GMT-06:00 <meino.cra...@gmx.de>: > > Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> [14-12-01 19:16]: > >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:46 PM, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> > What is the difference here? > >> > Isn't it, that all shutdown applications only send some instructions > >> > to the kernel and the kernel is the main actor in bringing the system > >> > down? > >> > > >> > >> About the only thing the kernel might have a role in is turning off > >> the power. Almost all of the shutdown logic is in userspace and it > >> isn't surprising that copying scripts between distros is going to > >> cause issues since the whole service management component varies > >> GREATLY across distros. Maybe if you're using systemd you could copy > >> between distros since that is more standardized, but even then there > >> can be differences. > >> > >> In a traditional sysvinit system usually shutting down is accomplished > >> by changing runlevels, which immediately starts/stops anything in > >> inittab (generally only gettys) and calls a script which does all the > >> actual work. > >> > >> If the issue is that userspace shuts down fine but the system reboots > >> instead of powering off that could be a couple of things which > >> shouldn't be too hard to track down. An obvious question is whether > >> the hardware even supports being powered off in the first place - this > >> isn't an ATX motherboard. Powering off a system can sometimes be > >> remarkably tricky depending on how standardized the platform is. I > >> was reading an article on it a few years ago and I think linux > >> actually implements several different mechanisms that get tried in > >> series, with the final fallback being a halt without powering off. > >> > >> -- > >> Rich > >> > > > > Hi Rich, > > > > AH! :) Thanks for the informations! > > > > From what you say, it is a kernel problem, since the kernel > > is the one who switches off the lights... > > > > But even if I use the same kernel as used for the Debian system > > it does not work... > > > > May be shutdown says "power off the system" and the kernel understands > > "reboot the system"? > > I mean: In principle the kernel would be able to poweroff the system > > but there are some communications difficulties with the guys from > > userland? ;) > > > > Best regards, > > Meino > > > > > > > I've always turned off across linux distros (BSD is other story) with: > > # shutdown -hP now > > the help says : > -h: halt after shutdown. > -P: halt action is to turn off power. > -H: halt action is to just halt. > > I've not seen you using the -P flag. >
That's why the manufacturer of the Arietta G25 - Acmesystems said to use shutdown -h -H now for that purpose: http://www.acmesystems.it/qa Second question below the title "Arietta G25 just on top of the page...
