redhat Linux power off issue
 

Hi,

I have some Vmware ESX 3 servers, which are running base on redhat enterprise linux ES release 3 (Taroon). The problem is I can't poweroff it down, every time it only shows system halted, and I have to manually push power button to shut it down.

[root@em /]# chkconfig --list|grep apmd
[root@em /]#
[root@em /]# more /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon)

no apmd at all.

We have a pure redhat linux box, which has different output. it will power off automatically when I shut it down.

[root@AH etc]# chkconfig --list|grep apmd
apmd 0 : off 1 : off 2 :off 3 : off 4 : off 5 : off 6 : off
[root@AH etc]# more redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 6)


Is it because running different update? How can I get and install update 6?

Thanks a lot.

And is apmd even installed on the first machine?

# rpm -qa | grep apmd

apmd is not installed on first machine, the problem is I have another ESX server, apmd is not installed either, but it can power off completely.

Thanks for reply.

and shutdown -p doesn't work?

If not, it might be in your BIOS. Check the power management settings in your BIOS to see.

Note: If you use the 'halt' command
 

If you use the 'halt' command:
I learnt the hard way that on Red Hat it seems you have to do:
$ halt -p
to have the sytem power off afterwards.
(At least on some Suse and Debian systems, the simple 'halt' is enough)