[SOLVED] Won't power off during shutdown
Posted: 18 Jun 2017, 03:34
Using Porteus 4.9.0 with KDE Desktop on Toshiba Tecra R940 laptop off of a Lexar S75 USB 3.0 64G USB drive. (Laptop has failed hard drive which got me into this whole thing.) USB drive is formatted ext4.
I've been using Linux about a week, and before starting to mess around with Porteus I used Slax (which I quickly realized has not been updated since 2013.)
Anyway, I've gotten to a problem with Porteus that I have been unable to fix - the machine never actually turns off. During shutdown, it logs off, goes through a normal-looking shutdown (or at least, I see no error messages), the screen goes dark, the indicator light on the USB turns off, but the power indicator for the laptop stays on and I can still hear the fan running.
I initially tried it on a FAT32 drive, but used Porteus installer and switched to ext4. The shutdown problem is consistent with both installs.
I consulted viewtopic.php?f=124&t=4754 and tried a number of things.
Logged in as root in desktop - same problem.
Always fresh - same problem.
Log into console as root to return to text mode
- same problem
- same problem
Does anyone have ideas on how to fix this?
I've been using Linux about a week, and before starting to mess around with Porteus I used Slax (which I quickly realized has not been updated since 2013.)
Anyway, I've gotten to a problem with Porteus that I have been unable to fix - the machine never actually turns off. During shutdown, it logs off, goes through a normal-looking shutdown (or at least, I see no error messages), the screen goes dark, the indicator light on the USB turns off, but the power indicator for the laptop stays on and I can still hear the fan running.
I initially tried it on a FAT32 drive, but used Porteus installer and switched to ext4. The shutdown problem is consistent with both installs.
I consulted viewtopic.php?f=124&t=4754 and tried a number of things.
Logged in as root in desktop - same problem.
Always fresh - same problem.
Log into console as root
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init 3
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poweroff
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shutdown -hP now
Does anyone have ideas on how to fix this?