[SOLVED] Hibernate and automatic shutdown does not work

anemone42 · 06-29-2011, 04:31 PM

I have installed Ubuntu as wubi (next to windows 7). When I expect the computer to shut down (either to hibernate or as part of, you know, shutdown), it doesn't. All the programs end, I am logged out, but I still have a picture on the screen (ubuntu default picture).

Help!

Hevithan · 06-29-2011, 05:49 PM

Does it work if you shutdown in terminal?

Either open terminal by click System>Accessories>Terminal
-or-
CTRL+ALT+F2

Try using the commands:

Code:

sudo reboot

sudo pm-hibernate

sudo shutdown -h now

EDDY1 · 06-29-2011, 05:54 PM

Go to System>Preferences>Powermanagement check your settings.

anemone42 · 06-29-2011, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hevithan

Does it work if you shutdown in terminal?

I get the same result every time: screen freezes, but doesn't turn off.

anemone42 · 06-29-2011, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EDDY1

Go to System>Preferences>Powermanagement check your settings.

Uhm, not quite sure what I should look for. "Hibernate" and "Shutdown" should do what they imply, not leave the computer running, and I don't see an option that changes that.

There's actually a state, I didn't expect: suspend. Is that hibernate?

Hevithan · 06-29-2011, 07:02 PM

Suspend leaves the computer running but kills all un-necessary process (If you have a browser window up or program it will leave that running) and blanks the screen, Hibernate stores everything in memory and pretty much shuts off the computer, But when you resume it will start back up from memory.

anemone42 · 06-30-2011, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EDDY1

Go to System>Preferences>Powermanagement check your settings.

The result is, that I can not choose hibernate automatically, only suspend.

anemone42 · 06-30-2011, 09:00 AM

Okay, stating my original problem again. When I expect the computer to shut down, because I chose shutdown, it does not.

anemone42 · 10-06-2011, 07:11 PM

Okay, current state of affairs:

Code:

lisea@ubuntu:~$ bin/rtcheck.sh 
-----------------------------------------------
SUSPEND_MODULES="rt2800pci"
-----------------------------------------------
blacklist rt2800pci
-----------------------------------------------
parport_pc             32111  0 
rt2860sta             494649  1 
crc_ccitt              12595  1 rt2860sta
parport                36746  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
-----------------------------------------------
lisea@ubuntu:~$ 
lisea@ubuntu:~$ cat bin/rtcheck.sh 
#/bin/sh

echo "-----------------------------------------------"
cat /etc/pm/config.d/config 
echo "-----------------------------------------------"
tail -n 1 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo "-----------------------------------------------"
lsmod | grep rt
echo "-----------------------------------------------"

In part this was achieved through these commands:

Code:

sudo modprobe -rf rt2800pci
sudo modprobe -rf rt2860sta
sudo modprobe rt2860sta

I blacklisted rt2800pci first (meaning it won't be loaded in the future), then removed it right now with the 3 commands above. The computer froze as a result of the last command, but after boot it finally did what it was supposed to do.

Success! My computer finally understands how a shutdown works!