Re: System will no poweroff, noisy boot.

["Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Am Sonntag, 29. Juli 2012 schrieb Bernado Da Vinci:
> I'm running kernel `3.2.0-3-amd64`on Wheezy. I use a ThinkPad T420.
> 
> My first problem is that when I request my laptop to shutdown or reboot, it
> gets to the final [info] Will now halt. but then just hangs. I sometimes
> get messages from other kernel modules such as echi_hcd, sd, hda_intel and
> thinkpad_acpi *after* the [info] Will now halt message.
> 
> A related problem is horrifically noisy messages from kernel at boot time.
> I've tried
> kernel.printk = 4 1 1 7
> in /etc/sysctl.conf to no avail
> 
> Also tried changing HALT=halt in /etc/default/halt to see if that made any
> difference, it didn't.
> 
> At a bit of loss here as to what to try next!
> 
> Frank.

Hi Frank!

Sometimes it helps, to reinstall the kernel again. Also reinstalling grub 
might help, too.

Good luck!

Hans