Re: [gentoo-user] Shutdown, Gentoo and the Arietta.G25

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> [14-12-01 19:16]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > another >sigh< from an Arietta adventure...
> >
> > I sintalled Gentoo on an Arietta G25
> > (http://www.acmesystems.it/arietta).
> >
> > For this I used Robert Nelsons Kernel for armv5tel platforms,
> > which boots fine (using at91bootstrap, no U-Boot). 
> >
> > But: Shutdown (as recommmended by acmesystems "shutdown -h -H now")
> > REBOOTS the system instead of powering it down.
> >
> > The hardware is not to blame: Using the original Debian rootfs
> > and the kernel 3.16.1 (Robert Nelsons kernel is 3.17.3.) the
> > powerdown works fine.
> >
> > Firstly I blamed the kernel...but when using the 3.16.1 kernel
> > and the Gentoo rootfs the problem remains.
> >
> > Then I copied the Gentoo shutdown to the Debian rootfs, boot that
> > and tries to shutdown the Debian Linux with it.
> > shutdown cries "no /dev/initctl" adn shutdowns the system only for
> > rebooting it.
> >
> > Ok...seems to be the shutdown executable.
> >
> > I copied the Debian shutdown to Gentoo and tries that:
> > The systems reboots.
> >
> > Slowly but surely I begin to think, that I dont understand anything at all of
> > It would be relly good news, 
> > that...
> >
> > "man shutdown" on the Debian image informs me, that the manpages
> > were not installed (embedded system...). Shutdown --version gives
> > a short help of the usual options...but nothing more.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Is there any shutdown guru ;) out there, who is able to shed some
> > light into this problem ? :)
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance for any torch send into my direction!
> > Best regards,
> > Meino
> >
> 
> Just shooting in the dark here, try -h and -H but not at the same time? 
> Maybe having both is clashing in some weird way???
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 

Hi Dale,

The "Trouble shooting FAQ"*)  by acmesystems explicitely say "shutdown -h
-H now" (and it works with the Debian rootfs)...but I will try "the
other shutdowns" and will see, what happens,

Best regards,
Meino



*) http://www.acmesystems.it/qa