misc/148153: system does not shutdown when using shutdown command

[Garrett Cooper]

The following reply was made to PR misc/148153; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd at gmail.com>
To: Paul Lambert <eb30750 at gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/148153: system does not shutdown when using shutdown command
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:52:26 -0700

 On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Paul Lambert <eb30750 at gmail.com> wrote:
 >
 >>Number: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 148153
 >>Category: =A0 =A0 =A0 misc
 >>Synopsis: =A0 =A0 =A0 system does not shutdown when using shutdown comman=
 d
 >>Confidential: =A0 no
 >>Severity: =A0 =A0 =A0 non-critical
 >>Priority: =A0 =A0 =A0 low
 >>Responsible: =A0 =A0freebsd-bugs
 >>State: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0open
 >>Quarter:
 >>Keywords:
 >>Date-Required:
 >>Class: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0sw-bug
 >>Submitter-Id: =A0 current-users
 >>Arrival-Date: =A0 Fri Jun 25 23:40:06 UTC 2010
 >>Closed-Date:
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator: =A0 =A0 Paul Lambert
 >>Release: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A08.1-RC1
 >>Organization:
 > b
 >>Environment:
 > Jun 14 buffalo.edu Generic amd64
 >>Description:
 > When using the shell "shutdown now" command my dv7-1130US laptop halts al=
 l process and then displays:
 >
 > Shutdown writing entropy file.
 > Terminated.
 >
 > Enter Full path name of shell or Return for /bin/sh.
 >
 > But the system does not powerdown. =A0I would expect the software to be "=
 smart" enough to turn off the power switch as other operating systems do. =
 =A0At a minimum the system should state after "Terminated", "It is now safe=
  to turn off the computer."
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 >
 >>Fix:
 > The software should be smart enough to throw the power to the off positio=
 n. =A0If I wanted a reboot, I will type in reboot not shutdown.
 
 Hi Paul,
 
     From man shutdown:
 
      -p      The system is halted and the power is turned off (hardware sup=
 -
              port required) at the specified time.
 
 ...
 
      When run without options, the shutdown utility will place the system i=
 nto
      single user mode at the time specified.
 
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 Cheers,
 -Garrett