[SOLVED] Laptop Debian 6 Restart and Reboot problem.

lonniec · 03-04-2011, 11:57 AM

I have my laptop setup to dual boot Windows7 and Debian6. When in Debian if I select restart it does not reboot the computer it just restarts Debian6. So...

Does anyone know what I need to do to change the command behind the button to actually reboot the computer?

Much Thanks for the awesome help!

andrewthomas · 03-04-2011, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lonniec

When in Debian if I select restart it does not reboot the computer it just restarts Debian6.

I find this hard to believe.

What bootloader are you using?

PrinceCruise · 03-04-2011, 12:58 PM

Do you mean to say, it just shows up Debian in grub entry ?

jim_p · 03-04-2011, 03:42 PM

Are you on kde4 by any chance? If so, try stopping the acpid deamon and then issue a reboot. to see if it does work.

62chevy · 03-04-2011, 05:08 PM

Also try logging out and using gdm/kdm to reboot. Then try the reboot command from a terminal to see what happens. Please tell us what desktop you are using Gnome, KDE or Xfce???

k3lt01 · 03-04-2011, 06:12 PM

I have seen this before, when you click on restart you are telling the machine to go back to the system you were using. It is rebooting but it is returning to the OS that you were in previously. If you want to use Windows instead you will need to shut down and manually restart.

lonniec · 03-04-2011, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 62chevy

Also try logging out and using gdm/kdm to reboot. Then try the reboot command from a terminal to see what happens. Please tell us what desktop you are using Gnome, KDE or Xfce???

I tried logging out and using kdm to reboot. Did not work. I tried shutdown -r now and it does the same thing just restarts new linux kernel and not reboot the computer. My desktop is Gnome. I don't recall this happening this way when I use ubuntu.

lonniec · 03-04-2011, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim_p

Are you on kde4 by any chance? If so, try stopping the acpid deamon and then issue a reboot. to see if it does work.

Not sure how to stop it. I am not on kde4 using Gnome.

jim_p · 03-05-2011, 02:00 AM

You stop the acpid daemon this way (as root)

Code:

/etc/init.d/acpid stop

Keep in mind that my assuption makes acpid "guilty", so if the above works you should NOT keep acpid permanently stopped cause its a laptop and its cpu will work full time all the time etc.
If it does work, you should take care of the laptop's acpi settings (probably in bios) or even do a bios upgrade.

lonniec · 03-10-2011, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim_p

You stop the acpid daemon this way (as root)

Code:

/etc/init.d/acpid stop

Keep in mind that my assuption makes acpid "guilty", so if the above works you should NOT keep acpid permanently stopped cause its a laptop and its cpu will work full time all the time etc.
If it does work, you should take care of the laptop's acpi settings (probably in bios) or even do a bios upgrade.

Tried that did not help. Found this http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/how-t...om-ubuntu.html tried it and it didn't help either. Perhaps I just have a bad install will re-install and see what happens.

Thanks for all the help.

cynwulf · 03-10-2011, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lonniec

restarts new linux kernel and not reboot the computer.

That is rebooting. If you mean that you cannot boot into windows anymore then there are a few causes. Don't reinstall, it probably won't make any difference.

When you boot the computer does the grub menu display?

EDDY1 · 03-10-2011, 11:25 AM

1. When in debian can you see windows drive & is there an entry in grub?
2. Can you shutdown machine completely?
3. Have you checked to see if grub is hidden.
4. What is grub time to select os?

lonniec · 03-10-2011, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caravel

That is rebooting. If you mean that you cannot boot into windows anymore then there are a few causes. Don't reinstall, it probably won't make any difference.

When you boot the computer does the grub menu display?

To me rebooting is: Having the computer run BIOS again. Not just restarting the OS.

When I first turn on computer I see a small grub menu without any choice it boots from text mode into graphical grub menu with 4 choices the first 2 are for Debian the next 2 are Windows 7 they say Vista.

I think it may have installed the first grub into the small 100mb partition that Windows 7 calls the loader then switches to the C: where Windows is and gives the graphical choice for grub. Once there I see the 4 choices. Does that explain what I am seeing? Hope so

If that is the case then when I leave the second Grub it would be returning to the first grub and not giving it the signal to restarting the computer. So how do I fix it? BIG question - Looking for easy answer!

Thanks for all the help!

andrewthomas · 03-10-2011, 01:40 PM

Boot from a LiveCD.
Go to http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/
Follow the instructions
and post the results with your reply.

lonniec · 03-10-2011, 07:11 PM

Code:

                Boot Info Script 0.55    dated February 15th, 2010                    

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

 => Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in 
    partition #5 for (,msdos5)/boot/grub.
 => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb

sda1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   /BOOTMGR /BOOT/BCD

sda2: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda3: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  Windows 7
    Boot files/dirs:   /Windows/System32/winload.exe /wubildr.mbr 
                       /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr /wubildr 
                       /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr /ubuntu/disks/root.disk 
                       /ubuntu/disks/swap.disk

sda3/Wubi: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Ubuntu 10.10
    Boot files/dirs:   /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab

sda4: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

sda5: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext3
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
    Boot files/dirs:   /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda6: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

sdb1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       vfat
    Boot sector type:  Fat16
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sda1               2,048    29,362,175    29,360,128  27 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2    *     29,362,176    29,566,975       204,800   7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3          29,566,976   509,695,999   480,129,024   7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4         509,698,046   976,771,071   467,073,026   5 Extended
/dev/sda5         509,698,048   962,209,791   452,511,744  83 Linux
/dev/sda6         962,211,840   976,771,071    14,559,232  82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000 MB, 1000341504 bytes
5 heads, 36 sectors/track, 10854 cylinders, total 1953792 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sdb1                 129     1,953,791     1,953,663   6 FAT16


blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL                         

/dev/loop0       33784497-d84c-4e45-80e1-facbe8413a64   ext4                                     
/dev/sda1        064E0B2F4E0B16D9                       ntfs       PQSERVICE                     
/dev/sda2        721C0BBA1C0B787D                       ntfs       SYSTEM RESERVED               
/dev/sda3        CC6001A0600191FE                       ntfs       Acer                          
/dev/sda4: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sda5        01401577-97a9-4184-a011-4e2cc9c604d2   ext3                                     
/dev/sda6        af1192ae-e732-41ac-b739-079ca77c19bf   swap                                     
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sdb1        BC9C-7318                              vfat       KINGSTON                      
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos" 

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev  output: ===========================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

/dev/sda5        /                        ext3       (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb1        /media/usb0              vfat       (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=lonnie)


======================== sda3/Wubi/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}

function load_video {
}

if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-25-generic" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cc6001a0600191fe
	loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
	set root=(loop0)
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic root=/dev/sda3 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro   quiet splash
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-25-generic (recovery mode)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cc6001a0600191fe
	loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
	set root=(loop0)
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic root=/dev/sda3 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro single 
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-22-generic" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cc6001a0600191fe
	loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
	set root=(loop0)
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=/dev/sda3 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro   quiet splash
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cc6001a0600191fe
	loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
	set root=(loop0)
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=/dev/sda3 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro single 
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 064e0b2f4e0b16d9
	chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 721c0bba1c0b787d
	chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

============================= sda3/Wubi/etc/fstab: =============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /               ext4    loop,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none            swap    loop,sw         0       0

================= sda3/Wubi: Location of files loaded by Grub: =================


   6.6GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
   1.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
    .7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic
   8.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
   8.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic
    .7GB: initrd.img
   1.1GB: initrd.img.old
   8.9GB: vmlinuz
   8.9GB: vmlinuz.old

=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="${saved_entry}"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function load_video {
  insmod vbe
  insmod vga
  insmod video_bochs
  insmod video_cirrus
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 01401577-97a9-4184-a011-4e2cc9c604d2
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 01401577-97a9-4184-a011-4e2cc9c604d2
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 01401577-97a9-4184-a011-4e2cc9c604d2
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-grub.png; then
  set color_normal=light-gray/black
  set color_highlight=white/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 01401577-97a9-4184-a011-4e2cc9c604d2
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 root=UUID=01401577-97a9-4184-a011-4e2cc9c604d2 ro  quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 01401577-97a9-4184-a011-4e2cc9c604d2
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 root=UUID=01401577-97a9-4184-a011-4e2cc9c604d2 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_otheros ###

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader)" {
	set root=(hd0,msdos1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 064e0b2f4e0b16d9
	chainloader +1
}

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader)" {
	set root=(hd0,msdos2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 721c0bba1c0b787d
	chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_otheros ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=01401577-97a9-4184-a011-4e2cc9c604d2 /               ext3    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=af1192ae-e732-41ac-b739-079ca77c19bf none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/sdc1       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/sdb1       /media/usb0     auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


 270.9GB: boot/grub/core.img
 271.0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
 270.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
 270.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64
 270.9GB: initrd.img
 270.9GB: vmlinuz

Above is what I got. That looks like a very handy script for helping folks out!

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewthomas

Boot from a LiveCD.
Go to http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/
Follow the instructions
and post the results with your reply.