[SOLVED] Restarts after shutdown!?

irajjs · 07-19-2012, 03:33 AM

hello
after reinstalling my operating system for the third time! and doing some updates and installing some applications now my PC restarts few seconds after shutdown ...i have to turn off power after shutdown!
what could be the reason? Please help
Thank you

ahzthecat · 07-19-2012, 07:51 PM

try shutting down from the command line

as root

Code:

#shutdown -h now

The -h means halt and should bring your system to a full stop.

Its how I shut down my slackware system, should work for any distro tho.

If not, check your dmesg and logs for weirdness.

frankbell · 07-19-2012, 09:13 PM

I have had a couple of older computers (Pentium, PIII) that did not respond to the "-h" argument.

But they never tried to restart themselves. That's truly odd.

irajjs · 07-23-2012, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahzthecat

try shutting down from the command line

as root

Code:

#shutdown -h now

The -h means halt and should bring your system to a full stop.

Its how I shut down my slackware system, should work for any distro tho.

If not, check your dmesg and logs for weirdness.

Hi
The code did not work and nearly 10 seconds after shutdown the computer restarted.
Thanks

ahzthecat · 07-23-2012, 11:18 PM

Wow...that's really weird. What kind of machine are you using? Have you tried any other OS? If this behavior persists even after changing OS it may be a BIOS or hardware issue.

Try running this command as root

Code:

#dmesg | less

after one of these restarts and post the results. Might be a clue there.

irajjs · 07-28-2012, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahzthecat

Wow...that's really weird. What kind of machine are you using? Have you tried any other OS? If this behavior persists even after changing OS it may be a BIOS or hardware issue.

Try running this command as root

Code:

#dmesg | less

after one of these restarts and post the results. Might be a clue there.

Hi
Finally and after some other disorders the computer crashed yesterday and i had to reinstall the Operating System then the problem disappeared
Thank you