Re: strange error on shutdown

2018-07-27 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:33:04PM -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 07/24/2018 12:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 07/24/2018 11:55 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Just try running "reboot".  If that doesn't work, then run "sync" and forcefully power off.  This should be a very rare occurrence, you probably won't

Re: strange error on shutdown

2018-07-24 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/24/2018 12:33 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: He said he was still able to run commands, so it wasn't hung. I know, but somebody may need this in an emergency, and it doesn't hurt to be thorough in the instructions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lis

Re: strange error on shutdown

2018-07-24 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 07/24/2018 12:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 07/24/2018 11:55 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Just try running "reboot".  If that doesn't work, then run "sync" and forcefully power off.  This should be a very rare occurrence, you probably won't see it again. You may also want to activate the Magic Sysrq

Re: strange error on shutdown

2018-07-24 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/24/2018 11:55 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Just try running "reboot".  If that doesn't work, then run "sync" and forcefully power off.  This should be a very rare occurrence, you probably won't see it again. You may also want to activate the Magic Sysrq key (https://aplawrence.com/Words2005/2

Re: strange error on shutdown

2018-07-24 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 07/24/2018 11:35 AM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: I was in the process of rebooting my system after doing an update and got the following: This a potential problem with doing live updates and why it is recommended to use the offline update method. However, there is no actual harm done. So wha