Re: Power-off on UltraSPARC 10
Just a small addition:
After typing poweroff in Linux, the system returns to the OpenBoot
prompt ('ok'). However, it seems to be in a different state then it is
when booting: When I type a command, it autocompletes it. Is this a
different mode of the OpenBoot system?
Koen
Op ma 16-02-2004, om 16:45 schreef Koen Vermeer:
> Hi,
>
> I recently installed Debian (stable) on a UltraSPARC 10. I downloaded
> the kernel sources for kernel 2.4.24, configured and compiled them and
> I'm happily running them. There is one problem, however: If I do
> 'poweroff', the machine doesn't get switched off, but it returns to the
> 'ok' prompt, so I have to type power-off to really shut it down. This is
> a nuisance, since the machine is headless, and without keyboard and
> mouse.
>
> I googled and found that there was a power-off problem with
> kernels<2.4.20, so mine should be OK. Is there anything I misconfigured
> in my kernel, or should I update some other package?
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Koen Vermeer
>
>
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