On 12/01/2011 08:06 PM, Goettschwan wrote:
> If I use “shutdown -h -P now” from console the system powers down
> correctly.
GOOD!!
> Incidentally, if I use “shutdown now”, my problem as stated above
> appears.
Question: Do you know why?
Answer: Because “shutdown -h -P now” and “shutdown now” are different. i
gave you the one i was reasonably sure would work…and not the one i
was reasonably sure would not…
>
> I have read your link and changed the kdmrc file to
>> [Shutdown]
>> # The command (subject to word splitting) to run to halt the system.
>> # Default is “/sbin/shutdown -h -P now”
>> HaltCmd=/sbin/shutdown -h -P now
>> # The command (subject to word splitting) to run to reboot the system.
>> # Default is “/sbin/shutdown -r now”
>> #RebootCmd=
>
> but now something really strange happens
no kidding??
<big snip away of a long excerpt /var/log/messages which i barely
glanced at…sorry, someone else may look at it and give you feed back,
but not me, not today (grouchy)>
> Did I write the option correctly in kdmrc?
so, i gave you a work around that works…and, you read a work around
written by “Andrey gorin” which does not work for you, yet–and now you
want me to tell you why, or help you with it… ???
> Does it need quotes?
sorry, i do not know (remember, it was not my first choice of how to
deal with this problem)…but if i were to try i’d try one of these:
HaltCmd='/sbin/shutdown -h -P now'
*or*
HaltCmd="/sbin/shutdown -h -P now"
but i have zero confidence that either will actually work…
and if it does not i would suggest you track down the writer and ask him.
> Is this maybe connected to your suggestion in another thread to boot
> using systemV instead of systemD?
yes, i think so (and really i do NOT know…i’ve been around and used
systemV since the late 90’s and only read (a little) about systemD for
about a week)
while i do not know for sure what is going on on your 12.1 i do believe
it will be fixed eventually…i don’t know how long that will take…
i think booting systemV will ‘solve’ this shutdown problem BUT systemD
will replace systemV eventually…which means that eventually “they”
will have to FIX systemD including this shutdown problem and all the
other problems you are having which may be related to the V vs D thing…
so, it is up to you to decide if you want to shutdown the way i gave you
and be patient, or figure out how to get the “Andrey gorin” way to work,
or try systemD, or even revert back to systemD, or or or
as for me: so far i have decided to continue running my old, reliable,
stable, predictable 11.4! it is supported another 289 days i expect 12.1
and systemD will be fine and dandy long before then…and, i will jump
to 12.1 (or .2) within 280 days…
> Thanks
> Stefan
welcome…see, it all depends on what you want: my 11.4 is far superior
to the desktop in use by maybe 94 percent of earthlings…so, i’m
happy!! (but, i do understand that some folks are willing to give up
some fiddling time and stability to get to be better than 98%… 
{sorry for my grouchy day…and i DO recognize it is wonderful to have
folks who want to be on the better side of 95%, because they will find
the bugs that i have the patience to wait for their fix!}
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