Shutdown could not power off
 

Hi folks,

Debian (testing / unstable)

# shutdown -h now
will not power-off. I have to manually switch off the PC

# dmesg | grep acpi
No printout

# modprobe acpi
modprobe: Can't locate module acpi
# modprobe apm
No printout

# apmd
It appears that an instance of apmd is already running as process 580.
If in reality no instance of apmd is running, remove /var/run/apmd.pid.
lo

Kindly advise how to fix this problem

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Re: Shutdown could not power off
 

It looks like the module loads fine what do you have for your settings in the /etc/lilo.conf? In mine in the append line I had to put apm=on and run /sbin/lilo to write the changes to the disk.
In my /etc/modutils/apm I had to make a change then run update-modules to update the /etc/modules.conf and use MAKEDEV apm in the /etc/misc/ directory for the apm_bios device that was missing.
You might also want to check in your BIOS and make sure that the machine is actually set to power down instead of suspend as well.

Re: Re: Shutdown could not power off
 

Hi,

Thanks for your advice.

# cat /etc/lilo.conf (original)
boot=/dev/hda
root=/dev/hda1
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
initrd=/initrd.img

# cat /etc/lilo.conf (change made)
boot=/dev/hda
root=/dev/hda1
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
initrd=/initrd.img
append="spm=on"

# /sbin/lilo
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
Name change: '/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc' -> '/dev/hda'
Added Linux *

# cat /etc/modutils/apm (original)
alias char-major-10-134 apm
alias /dev/apm_bios /dev/misc/apm_bios
alias /dev/misc/apm_bios apm

# cat /etc/modutils/apm (change made)
alias char-major-10-134 apm
alias /dev/apm_bios /dev/misc/apm_bios
alias /dev/misc/apm_bios apm
options apm power_off=1

# update-modules /etc/modules.conf

# ls -al /etc/misc/
ls: al: No such file or directory
ls: /etc/misc/: No such file or directory

# shutdown -h now
# halt -p
# halt
all can't switch off

BIOS (default)
Power Management Setup
ACPI (Enabled)

Tired changing "ACPI (Disabled)

Still same result - can't poweroff

B.R.
satimis

Re: Re: Re: Shutdown could not power off
 

This should be just update-modules ran after having made the changes in the /etc/modutils/apm.
Sorry damn typo I should have checked the post more carefully. You should be looking in the /dev/misc/ directory for the apm_bios device.
If it is not there then you need to use the MAKEDEV apm command in the /dev/misc/ directory.
Remove the -n in the line to have the device actually created.

Try it with the ACPI set to disabled although I think it would be better if you could find a power down instead of suspend like is in my BIOS. Also when you boot can you see in the messages the apmd daemon starting up. And in the append line in your lilo.conf you posted above now that I looked at it again you have a typo there it has a "S" (spm=on) instead of an "A" (apm=on).

Re: Shutdown could not power off
 

Hi HappyTux,

Thanks for your advice.

I ran
# update-modules /etc/modules.conf
after editing /etc/modutils/apm

# ls -al /dev/apm_bios
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 134 Dec 23 17:23 /dev/apm_bios

There is no '/misc/' existing.

How to remove '-n' from /dev/apm_bios ?

Very strange I could not discover the boot.log of today

# ls /var/log/
boot
boot.0
boot.1.gz
boot.2.gz
boot.3.gz
boot.4.gz

# cat /var/log/boot
Fri Jan 9 15:04:55 2004: Starting advanced power management daemon: apmd.

# cat /var/log/daemon.log
.....
Jan 16 19:20:14 debian apmd[578]: apmd 3.2.0 interfacing with apm driver 1.16 and APM BIOS 1.2
.....

Sorry, it was a typing mistake on my previous posting.

Yes, I re-checked all and then tried 'shutdown -h now' again with the same result. Can't power off

B.R.
satimis

Re: Re: Re: Re: Shutdown could not power off
 

Hi HappyTux

Further to my last posting

At booting, on the running screen I saw;

Starting Advance Power Management : apmd

B.R.
satimis

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Shutdown could not power off
 

Ok so the daemon gets started then is it in use:
You should see the module in use. If you have the ACPI compiled as a module in the kernel it may still be getting used or interfering with the use of the APM so you may have to try acpi=off when you boot at the lilo screen eg. just type Linux acpi=off change the Linux for whatever name appears in the menu selection for the kernel you are booting. Just to be sure here you have made the missing device and the changes that I have suggested to you here right?

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Shutdown could not power off
 

Hi,

Sorry 'acpi' was not there

$ lsmod | grep acpi
$ lsmod | grep ACPI
$ lsmod | grep apm
apm 8492 2 (autoclean)

B.R.
satimis

I had the exact same problem after upgrading kernel from 2.4 to 2.6.
I managed to fix it by linking apm into kernel instead of using it as a module.
Don't really know if that is a bug or a feature ?

Hi,

Could you please advise in more detail how to link apm to kernel.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

This is how my .config file looks:
grep APM .config
# Power management options (ACPI, APM)
# APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS Support
CONFIG_APM=y
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set

grep ACPI .config
# Power management options (ACPI, APM)
# ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support
# CONFIG_ACPI is not set

the meaning full point is
CONFIG_APM=y
instead of
CONFIG_APM=m

I use make gconfig to adjut my kernel, but there are many other methods.
I hope this helps ?

Hi fatcat.

Debian - unstable

# grep APM .config
grep: .config: No such file or directory

# grep APM .conf
grep: .conf: No such file or directory

# grep ACPI .config
grep: .config: No such file or directory

# grep ACPI .conf
grep: .conf: No such file or directory

I have
"libextutils-pkgconfig-perl" and
"libapache-dbilogconfig-perl "
installed but could not get 'gconfig' started

# locate gconfig
/usr/bin/gconfigger

# /usr/bin/gconfigger
no response.

Kindly advise which package I need to install.

OR is it a command line application or a GUI application

TIA

B.R.
satimis

I have the same problem with kernel 2.6.x; this is my kernel config section:
I also tried all the tricks displayed in this thread (MAKEDEV, lilo options, ACPI is =n in the kernel), but no results.

It works perfectly with ACPI and disabling APM.