From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 17:22:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B90F16A403 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:22:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hartzell@alerce.com) Received: from merlin.alerce.com (w094.z064001164.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.1.164.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D98643CAB for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:22:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hartzell@alerce.com) Received: from merlin.alerce.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merlin.alerce.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C42B4202; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:22:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from satchel.alerce.com (unknown [192.168.72.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "satchel.alerce.com", Issuer "alerce.com" (verified OK)) by merlin.alerce.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A14FE4201; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:22:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from satchel.alerce.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by satchel.alerce.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kB4HMlco083043 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:22:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hartzell@satchel.alerce.com) Received: (from hartzell@localhost) by satchel.alerce.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id kB4HMk6u083038; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:22:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hartzell) From: George Hartzell MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17780.22886.490877.319544@satchel.alerce.com> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:22:46 -0800 To: "Kirk Davis" In-Reply-To: <04C71268DFDAA8499EC1A248A44B6A2B08B84957@Exchange21.EDU.epsb.ca> References: <04C71268DFDAA8499EC1A248A44B6A2B08B84957@Exchange21.EDU.epsb.ca> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 17) "Jumbo Shrimp" XEmacs Lucid X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: FreeBSD-stable@freebsd.org, hartzell@alerce.com Subject: RE: Dell poweredge 850 hangs on shutdown -p X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: hartzell@alerce.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:22:51 -0000 Kirk Davis writes: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > > > I have a Dell PowerEdge 850 that hangs when I try to power it down > > using "shutdown -p now". Otherwise it seems to run splendidly. > > > > I reaches the point where it says: "Powering the system off using > > acpi" and then just sits there. > > > > Powering it off by just pressing the power button works perfectly. > > > > It's running a minimal installation from a FreeBSD 6.3BETA3 cd, which > > I burned 11/6/06. > > > > I've pasted the system's dmesg output below. > > > > Has anyone seen this before? > > I have a couple of Dell 2950's with the same problem. It > doesn't happen all the time but it seem to happen more in the reboot > command. Sorry this information doesn't help as I haven't found a work > around yet but it might help to ease your mind knowing your not alone > ;-) Thanks, I've only tried it a couple of times, but for me "shutdown -r now" seems to reliably reboot the machine, but "shutdown -p now" seems to reliably stop at the "Powering off..." message. Let me know if you're sick of the 2950's, you can leave them on my doorstep anytime.... ;) g.