Bug#617453: restarting doesn't always work on Dell Latitude E6400

[Rik Theys <rik.theys@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote:
> On 2012-07-04 20:55:56 +0200, Rik Theys wrote:
>> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>> > When I want to restart (reboot) my Dell Latitude E6400 laptop, the
>> > machine sometimes remain on without restarting. The last message
>> > on the console is: "Restarting system."
>>
>> Can you try adding the following parameter to your kernel boot line?
>> Add it to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX parameter in /etc/default/grub and
>> run update-grub.
>>
>> reboot=pci
>
> I don't have a /etc/default/grub on this machine. It seems to be
> available with grub-pc, but here I have grub-legacy.
>
> Perhaps I should use
>
> defoptions=quiet reboot=pci

You could add it to the kopt= line in /boot/grub/menu.lst and then run
'update-grub'.

Please confirm if adding this boot parameter works for you.

Regards,

Rik