Re: Sun Ultra 5, "poweroff" without keyboard (off-topic?)
Eric Brower <ebrower@gmail.com> writes:
> On 04 Apr 2005 20:47:01 +0200, Sebastian Niehaus
> <killedbythoughts@mindcrime.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > i have an Sun Ultra 5 running Debian Sparc. Usually if I want to
> > switch off a maschine I use the command "poweroff".
> >
> > Anyway, on my Sun Ultra 5 this command does not power off the computer
> > as long as the keyboard is not attached. Starting with the keyboard
> > pluggend, powering off is enabled as well as the switch at the front
> > of the maschine.
>
> You didn't specify which kernel you are running on your system(s).
Yes. Hm. The Ultra 1 (which powers down) runs 2.4.27, the Ultra 5
which doesn't runs 2.4.18.
Ooops.
Good idea to habe a look at the kernel versions :-)
> If
> you have the file /proc/sys/kernel/scons-poweroff make sure the value
> within is "1".
The Ultra 1 has the value "1", the Ultra 5 (running 2.4.18)
doesn't. Maybe time to install a new kernel?
> If the file does not exist, or is 0, default behaviour
> is for shutdown to take you to OBP rather than power-off.
Anyways, it definetely powers down if started with keyboard attached
(it has been attached during these tests).
Thank so far,
Sebastian
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