Debian 3.1 hangs up at reboot or shutdown
I have a new install of Debian 3.1, and something rather odd is happening. I have reinstalled it something like 4 times in the last 3 days and the problem remains.
Sometimes, not all the time, when I go to shut the computer down - all of the usual shut-down text scrolls by, it gets to the line that says *power off* and that, is simply, that. It goes no further and blinking cursor remains. To turn it off at this point I have to force it to turn off (hold the power button down for a count of 10). Another problem is when I go to reboot from inside Gnome - generally it will reboot fine - the problem cames when it is time to reboot into Debian - it generally hangs up (grey screen with a cursor) and I have to force it to shut down once again. I did turn off the automatic log-in setting thinking that might help, no difference. Granted, I don't generally reboot or turn my computer off - it is pretty common around the time that I am reinstalling though - especially after tweaking assorted settings and sometimes I will still do a reboot (even if not technically needed) Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. I just moved from Libranet 2.8.1 to Debian 3.1 and I do have to say that this rather odd computer behavior didn't happen with Libranet (which is basically Debian with an Adminmenu). |
this looks like a apm/acpi problem. You may consider recompiling the kernel with the proper support for your mainboard, or check at your bios for apm/acpi support.
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Yes, power management seems to be your problem. Try installing the latest kernel available (2.6.8).
In your computer BIOS, you can choose different management schemes or turn it off all together. The latest kernel should support ACPI as well as older APM, but YMMV. |
just to update, the latest kernel is 2.6.12.4
APM is energy support by the bios, and is older ACPI is energy support by the OS, is more stable. |
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Compiling a new kernel is always a good experience through.
:) Dont give up on the first 25 problems lol ... |
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I had the same kernel under Libranet 2.8.1, while I won't say it was problem free, there were different problems :) Ok ok, I will quite griping and print off the topic related to upgrading the kernel. I have NEVER done this, but hey, there is a first time for everything I suppose :) |
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When you boot the CD, firstly a prompt comes up with an image of the debian logo and a text at the bottmon saying something like "Press Enter to continue setup."
That's where you have to do this. http://meninpc.co.uk/picture.png |
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linux 26... |
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When the boot CD starts and you get "Hit F1 for help or ENTER to boot:", it has a colon at the end. This signifies that you can type text. Type linux26 and hit the enter key and it will install the 2.6 kernel.
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Anyway, I now have the 2.6 kernel, and we will see if that fixes the problem. Thanks for everyone's suggestions! |
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