https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739674 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739674#c0 Summary: Wake-on LAN (WOL) does not work after a halt/shutdown but works after a reboot Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.4 Version: Factory Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: Damien.Allain@legos.obs-mip.fr QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0 Wake-on LAN (WOL) does not work after a halt/shutdown but works after a reboot. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Check if WOL is enabled on your card sudo /sbin/ethtool eth0 If not, enable it with: sudo /sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g Ensure HALT_NETWORK="no" in /etc/sysconfig/shutdown 2.shutdown the computer and fail to power on the machine remotely with wol 3.reboot the computer but force shutdown at the grub promp, and successfully power on the machine remotely with wol WORKAROUND : shutdown with grub, with, as root : printf "\n\ntitle halt\n halt\n" >>/boot/grub/menu.lst #add entry to grub menu also add the following line in /etc/init.d/halt after *halt) : grubonce halt;exec /etc/init.d/reboot NOTE : this fails with openSUSE 12.1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.