Curt composed on 2018-03-27 16:42 (UTC): > Siard wrote:
>> solitone wrote: >>> # systemctl poweroff >>> However, with the latter the system does shut down, although the >>> machine does not power off (I have to physically press the off >>> button). >> Here, 'systemctl poweroff', as user or as root, does power off the >> machine, both in stable and testing. So the question is why it does not >> work in your case. > That is the question. Yet I'm uncertain whether that question is amenable to > an answer. > I suffer from the same syndrome, no matter the method (shutdown -h now > and poweroff as root, systemctl poweroff as user and root). > This is a chronic disease for which the only cure might be a bios > update (as I was informed by a kernel hacker here). BIOS update solved same problem on a decade old HP desktop here last year. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
