I can reproduce the problem. The guest never really quits: squeeze64:~# dpkg-query -W linux-image-$(uname -r) linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 2.6.32-28 squeeze64:~# halt
Broadcast message from r...@squeeze64 (hvc0) (Tue Nov 30 13:02:53 2010): The system is going down for system halt NOW! INIT: Switching to runlevel: 0 INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal Using makefile-style concurrent boot in runlevel 0. Stopping deferred execution scheduler: atd. Stopping MTA: exim4_listener. Stopping internet superserver: inetd. Stopping NTP server: ntpd. Stopping kernel log daemon.... Stopping system log daemon.... Asking all remaining processes to terminate...acpid: exiting done. All processes ended within 1 seconds....done. Stopping NFS common utilities: statd. Stopping portmap daemon.... Saving the system clock. Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. Deconfiguring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1 Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:01:01:99:7e:eb Sending on LPF/eth0/00:01:01:99:7e:eb Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 10.7.2.14 port 67 invoke-rc.d: ----------------------------------------------------- invoke-rc.d: WARNING: 'invoke-rc.d ntp try-restart' called invoke-rc.d: during shutdown sequence. invoke-rc.d: enabling safe mode: initscript policy layer disabled invoke-rc.d: ----------------------------------------------------- done. Cleaning up ifupdown.... Deactivating swap...done. Will now halt. [ 3467.394863] xenbus_dev_shutdown: device/console/0: Initialising != Connected, skipping [ 3467.701267] System halted. Before I was seeing squeeze64:~# halt Broadcast message from r...@squeeze64 (hvc0) (Tue Nov 30 12:04:38 2010): The system is going down for system halt NOW! INIT: Switching to runlevel: 0 INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal squeeze64:~# Using makefile-style concurrent boot in runlevel 0. Stopping deferred execution scheduler: atd. Stopping internet superserver: inetd. Stopping MTA: exim4_listener. Stopping NTP server: ntpd. Stopping kernel log daemon.... Stopping system log daemon.... Asking all remaining processes to terminate...acpid: exiting done. All processes ended within 1 seconds....done. Stopping NFS common utilities: statd. Stopping portmap daemon.... Saving the system clock. Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. Deconfiguring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1 Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:01:01:99:7e:eb Sending on LPF/eth0/00:01:01:99:7e:eb Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 10.7.2.14 port 67 invoke-rc.d: ----------------------------------------------------- invoke-rc.d: WARNING: 'invoke-rc.d ntp try-restart' called invoke-rc.d: during shutdown sequence. invoke-rc.d: enabling safe mode: initscript policy layer disabled invoke-rc.d: ----------------------------------------------------- done. Cleaning up ifupdown.... Deactivating swap...done. Will now halt. [ 60.457148] xenbus_dev_shutdown: device/console/0: Initialising != Connected, skipping [ 61.089264] System halted. overlord2:~$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/84tyizhxym.fsf...@sauna.l.org