Hi, I started noticing about a month ago, that shutting down using the "quit" option from XFCE had stopped working. It kind of locks the system up and does a fsck on next boot. Annoying.
I went digging in the xfce source code and found that it uses a call to `sudo shutdown -p -h now` for shutting down. I did some tests: - `sudo shutdown -p -h now` from an xterm in xfce locks up in the same way. - `sudo halt -p` from an xterm in xfce works fine. The system powers right down - `sudo shutdown -p -h now` from a plain console (no X11) session works. Again the system correctly powers down. Why is this? Is there a fix perhaps? Suggestions welcome. My kernel has ACPI and APM enabled. Dmesg: OpenBSD 4.4-current (GENERIC) #1646: Sun Jan 4 13:14:33 MST 2009 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 3 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,CNXT-ID,xTPR real mem = 2397855744 (2286MB) avail mem = 2310586368 (2203MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 04/05/04, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xf0010, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xfbe40 (76 entries) bios0: vendor Intel Corp. version "BF86510A.86A.0058.P15.0404050012" date 04/05/2004 bios0: Intel Corporation D865GLC acpi0 at bios0: rev 0 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC ASF! TCPA WDDT acpi0: wakeup devices TANA(S4) P0P3(S4) AC97(S4) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB7(S3) UAR1(S4) SLPB(S4) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 199MHz cpu at mainbus0: not configured ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P1) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 1 (P0P2) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 2 (P0P3) acpicpu0 at acpi0 acpibtn0 at acpi0: SLPB bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xa200! 0xca800/0x1000 0xcb800/0x2800 0xce000/0x1000 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82865G Host" rev 0x02 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82865G Video" rev 0x02 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xf0000000, size 0x8000000 inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 2 int 16 (irq 11) drm0 at inteldrm0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel 82865G CSA" rev 0x02 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 em0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000CT (82547EI)" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 18 (irq 10), address 00:0c:f1:f5:13:3c uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 16 (irq 11) uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 19 (irq 5) uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 18 (irq 10) uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 16 (irq 11) ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB2" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 23 (irq 9) usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xc2 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ahc0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0 "Adaptec AHA-2940" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 22 (irq 11) scsibus0 at ahc0: 8 targets, initiator 7 bktr0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Brooktree BT878" rev 0x11: apic 2 int 17 (irq 3) bktr0: Hauppauge Model 44805 C135 bktr0: Hauppauge WinCast/TV, Philips PAL I tuner. "Brooktree BT878 Audio" rev 0x11 at pci2 dev 2 function 1 not configured ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801EB/ER LPC" rev 0x02 pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801EB/ER IDE" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <IC35L060AVV207-0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 58644MB, 120103200 sectors atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1 scsibus1 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets, initiator 7 cd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <TOSHIBA, DVD-ROM SD-R1202, 1026> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 cd0(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <Maxtor 6E040L0> wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 39205MB, 80293248 sectors wd2 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1: <HDS728080PLAT20> wd2: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 78533MB, 160836480 sectors wd1(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 wd2(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801EB SATA" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI pciide1: using apic 2 int 18 (irq 10) for native-PCI interrupt ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801EB/ER SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 17 (irq 3) iic0 at ichiic0 adt0 at iic0 addr 0x2e: emc6d100 rev 0x65 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 spdmem2 at iic0 addr 0x52: 256MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 spdmem3 at iic0 addr 0x53: 1GB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL3.0 usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support uhub5 at uhub1 port 1 "ALCOR Generic USB Hub" rev 1.10/3.12 addr 2 uaudio0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "M Audio MobilePre" rev 1.10/1.03 addr 2 uaudio0: audio rev 1.00, 9 mixer controls audio0 at uaudio0 uhidev0 at uhub5 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Sun Microsystems Type 6 Keyboard" rev 1.00/1.01 addr 3 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes, layout 32 wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1 wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0 uhidev1 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Sun Microsystems Type 6 Mouse" rev 1.00/1.02 addr 3 uhidev1: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev1: 3 buttons wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0 softraid0 at root root on wd1a swap on wd1b dump on wd1b kqemu: kqemu version 0x00010300 loaded, max locked mem=1170828kB DDB symbols added: 334864 bytes Thanks -- Best Regards Edd Barrett (Freelance software developer / technical writer / open-source developer) http://students.dec.bmth.ac.uk/ebarrett