Re: T60 poweroff command hang at halting Hurd...

[jbranso]

November 9, 2024 at 10:10 PM, "Almudena Garcia" <liberamenso10000@gmail.com 
mailto:liberamenso10000@gmail.com?to=%22Almudena%20Garcia%22%20%3Cliberamenso10000%40gmail.com%3E
 > wrote:



> 
> Yes, I detected this problem some time ago. The halt command doesn't shutdown 
> the machine. Instead, keep it in a suspension-like status, in which the 
> machine is "sleep", but doesn't turn off. 
> Damien told me some years ago that the problem is related with IRQ number, 
> and an implementation of ACPIca must solve it, but I don't remember if ACPIca 
> was implemented or not. 
> 
> So it's a known issue. 
> Sorry for the inconveniences, and we expect to solve this problem in a future.

If you'd like you could help us debug this minor issue.

I think it's $hurd-src/hurd/shutdown.c 

You could add in some printf (or maybe mach_print) throughout the file
and try to see where the problem starts.

Joshua

> Thanks for the report
> 
> El dom, 10 nov 2024 a las 2:39, Zhaoming Luo (<zhmingluo@163.com 
> mailto:zhmingluo@163.com >) escribió:
> 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have installed Debian Hurd on my T60. I just finished configuring 
> > apt[0] so it has more packages. When I typed poweroff, it got stuck at 
> > `startup: halting Hurd...`. I have forced to shut it down (by holding 
> > the power button) several times; it seems to me the force shutdown 
> > didn't break anything (I didn't see any message about repairing file 
> > system). I think a decent way of shutting it down is necessary.
> > 
> > I tried to search in mail list and IRC log about the shutdown hang, e.g. 
> > [1], but they seem not to be my case.
> > 
> > The command `reboot` works.
> > 
> > `poweroff-hurd` mentioned in [2] also hangs at `startup: halting Hurd`.
> > 
> > part of the log of `poweroff-hurd`:
> > ```
> > startup: notifying random of halt...done
> > startup: notifying netdde of halt...done
> > startup: notifying pfinet of halt...done
> > ...
> > startup: notifying acpi of halt...done
> > startup: halting Hurd...
> > (hang)
> > ```
> > 
> > Thank you
> > 
> > [0]:https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install#morepackages
> > [1]:https://logs.guix.gnu.org/hurd/2023-09-05.log#001605
> > [2]:https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2024-10/msg00151.html
> > -- 
> > Zhaoming Luo
> >
>