https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812592 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812592#c21 --- Comment #21 from Robin Klitscher <robnk@xtra.co.nz> 2013-07-22 22:19:40 UTC --- (In reply to comment #20)
(In reply to comment #19)
Yes; I understand about trying the alternative kernel, but was just being cautious.
About what exactly?
Nothing rational - just being over-conservative.
I've now installed your 3.7.10-0.x86_64 and booted to it. Tried shutdown -h from the commandline, but there was no change in behaviour - the machine didn't poweroff, but rebooted as before.
Which means this is a different issue. Because the patch I was testing fixes the issue on two other boxes.
(Had to issue the shutdown command from the commandline because I use the nVidia proprietary video drivers and they wouldn't compile against that kernel).
Well, you know we can't help you with proprietary drivers installed, right?
Perhaps so. But the point I was making still holds. Without the proprietary nVidia drivers loaded - or any video drivers for that matter - the errant shutdown behaviour remains unchanged from the commandline. Which suggests, does it not, that the problem lies elsewhere in the system than with video drivers or the GUI?
Here's the contents of dmidecode.log (please excuse my ignorance, but is there another way of uploading this kind of stuff???):
Yep, there's "Add an attachment" link in the bugzilla with which you can upload files.
Sorry; I see it now but failed to find it previously.
# dmidecode 2.11 SMBIOS 2.7 present. 81 structures occupying 3305 bytes. Table at 0x000EB8B0.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information
<etc>
Great, those are simply strings full of 0x20 chars, i.e. spaces. Talk about the notorious crappiness of DMI tables...
Ok, so your BIOS looks recent. Did this box shutdown properly with any kernel and without the proprietary drivers?
The desktop board is new - Intel DH87MC - purchased two weeks ago. The BIOS is updated to the latest available - 6 Jun 2013 (it's Intel's new "Visual BIOS", which offers a GUI-style interface rather than the traditional text-based interface; and it takes a little getting used to). But to answer your question, right from the beginning the machine has powered off properly from Win 7, but not from oS 12.3. This has been the case whether the video be the default nouveau drivers or the proprietary nVidia drivers; no difference. It has also been the case with any of the stable kernel updates offered by the oS 12.3 Update channel (currently 3.7.10-1.16-desktop); and now also with your 3.7.10-0-default
Also, what happens if you boot the kernel with "acpi=off", does it shutdown properly then?
Sadly, no; not with either the default 3.7.10-1.16 kernel, or your 3.7.10-0. But the behaviour changes a bit. The system "halts", but then doesn't progress to power off - just sits there, power still on but unresponsive until I use the physical "Off".
Thanks.
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