Re: computer cann't shut down
They have openFirmware. I will try it.
THanks,
On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Jerome BENOIT
<sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net> wrote:
> Hello Forum:
>
> On 20/03/16 04:42, Michael Milliman wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 03/19/2016 09:40 PM, lina wrote:
>>> shutdown -h now
>>>
>>> doesn't work. it still reboot.
>>>
>> This sounds like an issue with the hardware or BIOS not with the
>> Debian OS, or with the Desktop environment. Though I have not had
>> this problem, I have had several others related to
>> shutdown/reboot/suspend/hibernate on various machines, but I know for
>> a fact that all such problems have been with the hardware/BIOS, not
>> the Debian software. I don't know enough about the iMac to offer
>> anything more.
>
> Does recent iMac have a BIOS ?
>
> Jerome
>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Saturday 19 March 2016 23:37:05 Patrick Bartek wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016, David Christensen wrote:
>>>>>> On 03/19/2016 05:40 AM, lina wrote:
>>>>>>> Every time since I installed the system,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> every time I tried Shut Down, it mainly restart again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I checked online and tried several methods but still don't
>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can anyone suggest me how to solve it.
>>>>>> I'm having the same issue:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=818311
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So far, no progress in resolving it.
>>>>> No problem here. 'shutdown -h now' (as root) works as it
>>>>> should. Wheezy 64-bit, fully up-to-date; no desktop
>>>>> environments installed, just Openbox window manager. System
>>>>> boots to terminal, login there, then startx. I like to keep
>>>>> things simple.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe, problem is related to a desktop environment.
>>>>>
>>>>> B
>>>> No, I use a desktop, and have a desktop installed on several
>>>> other computers I administer. 3 x Wheezy, 2 x Jessie. TDE,
>>>> variously 14.0.3 and 3.5.13.2. All shut down without a problem.
>>>>
>>>> Lisi
>>>>
>>
>
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