Re: poweroff problem

[Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>]

On 5 Apr 2003 06:08:04 -0000 "Anant Aneja" <anantaneja@rediffmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've got a problem with my 2.4.2-2 kernel.
> after reaching the power down stage i get a :
> 1. complete listing of the cpu registers
> 2. a message saying sementaion fault with halt -i -p -d

Has it always done this?

> i contacted the author of the poweroff script but
> he says that this means it must be a kernel problem

More likely a BIOS problem that is weel known.

> also i cant give u the complete listing of the cpu
> registers since it occurs at the last stage
> of shutdown and i cant copy it to a file
> and am too lazy to write it down

Write down the first few lines at least ...
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/