On 01/04/2017 10:59 PM, Bob McGowan wrote: > I have done a search of the debian-user archive, using the same text as > the subject, and found several references to emails with similar > problems. However, no exact solution was proposed. > > And this actually only happens on one of the two systems I have Debian > installed on. > > I'm using testing (stretch). > > When I shutdown my desktop system, the screen displays messages from > systemd (I presume), the last of which is "Reached target Shutdown". > > It then just sits there. I have taken to using a power strip with a > switch as a way to quickly turn the host off, once it has reached the > target. > > On my laptop, I see the same message, followed by powering off the system. > > Tonight, I happened to take longer than usual to get to my desktop > system, and while writing down the exact wording of the message, the > kernel panicked. > > My laptop is around ten years old, an HP Pavilion dv9000, the desktop is > about half that age, a home built "gamer" level hardware system. > > Any ideas what I should be looking for? The fact the kernel panics on > my desktop would imply to me there is a kernel configuration issue of > some sort, but I have no idea where to start. > > Thanks, > > Bob >
My apologies, I failed to mention: I'm using Xfce4 as my windowing system on both hosts. And I'm using the 'shutdown' menu option from the "Action Buttons" panel plugin. Bob
