Re: output of shutdown -h now
>I am reluctant to bring this up again, since I saw it just a few
>months ago on this list, and didn't pay attention at the time. So,
>at the risk of rehashing this problem (if that is what it is), I am
>submitting it again since I am now having the same difficulty myself.
>
>I am using the original Debian 1.1 release (kernel 2.0.0), and when
>I issue a "shutdown -h now" command, I get the following:
>
>System halted
>general protection: 0000
>CPU: 0
>EIP: 0010: [<00173257>]
>EFLAGS: 00010046
>eax: 00005307 ebx: 00000001 ecx: bfff0003 edx: 00000000
>esi: bfffff0c edi: 08000e4a ebp: bfff0003 esp: 005a5f80
>ds: 0000 es: 0000 fs: 0000 gs: 0000 ss: 0018
>Process halt (pid: 220, process nr: 6, stackpage=005a5000)
>Stack: ....
>I'd like to know if this is normal, or a symptom of a needed kernel upgrade,
>or something else entirely. I hate to post this again, seeing that you have
>all probably solved this and moved on. But I would greatly appreciate any
>help that you may possibly be able to give.
I had the same symptom with Debian 1.1 with kernel 2.0.0, and it went away
when I reinstalled with the mid-July base disks with kernel 2.0.6. I hope
this helps...
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