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Re: shutdown fails to power off host

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On 01/04/2017 10:59 PM, Bob McGowan wrote:
> I have done a search of the debian-user archive, using the same text as
> the subject, and found several references to emails with similar
> problems.  However, no exact solution was proposed.
> 
> And this actually only happens on one of the two systems I have Debian
> installed on.
> 
> I'm using testing (stretch).
> 
> When I shutdown my desktop system, the screen displays messages from
> systemd (I presume), the last of which is "Reached target Shutdown".
> 
> It then just sits there.  I have taken to using a power strip with a
> switch as a way to quickly turn the host off, once it has reached the
> target.
> 
> On my laptop, I see the same message, followed by powering off the system.
> 
> Tonight, I happened to take longer than usual to get to my desktop
> system, and while writing down the exact wording of the message, the
> kernel panicked.
> 
> My laptop is around ten years old, an HP Pavilion dv9000, the desktop is
> about half that age, a home built "gamer" level hardware system.
> 
> Any ideas what I should be looking for?  The fact the kernel panics on
> my desktop would imply to me there is a kernel configuration issue of
> some sort, but I have no idea where to start.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob
> 

My apologies, I failed to mention:

I'm using Xfce4 as my windowing system on both hosts.

And I'm using the 'shutdown' menu option from the "Action Buttons" panel
plugin.

Bob

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shutdown fails to power off host Bob McGowan <ramjr0915@gmail.com> - 2017-01-05 08:10 +0100
  Re: shutdown fails to power off host Bob McGowan <ramjr0915@gmail.com> - 2017-01-05 08:20 +0100
    Re: shutdown fails to power off host Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2017-01-17 10:40 +0100
      Re: shutdown fails to power off host Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-01-17 11:40 +0100
        Re: shutdown fails to power off host Bob McGowan <ramjr0915@gmail.com> - 2017-01-18 04:30 +0100
      Re: shutdown fails to power off host <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-01-17 11:40 +0100
        Re: shutdown fails to power off host Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-01-17 19:10 +0100
          Re: shutdown fails to power off host Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-01-17 20:10 +0100
          Re: shutdown fails to power off host Verde Denim <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2017-01-18 14:30 +0100
            Re: shutdown fails to power off host Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-01-18 14:40 +0100
  Re: shutdown fails to power off host Joerg Desch <news@jdesch.de> - 2017-01-18 08:50 +0100
    Re: shutdown fails to power off host Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> - 2017-01-18 10:30 +0100

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