[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#712953: sysvinit: System Restarts Instead of Powering Off

[Alan Chandler]

On 21/06/13 12:55, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 09:13:19AM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote:
>> Package: sysvinit
>> Version: 2.88dsf-41
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> When I attempt to power off the machine (either logging out of gnome3, or via shutdown now typed in at a terminal)
>> the system goes through the shutdown sequence (it does seem to pause after telling all processes to terminate and
>> then reports that some processes are still running). It finally reports it is about to power off.
>>
>> But the computer then restarts and reboots.
>>
>> If I load up Debian Wheezy and shut that down, the computer powers off properly.
> I don't think this is a change in sysvinit/initscripts.  There have
> been no significant changes made since the wheezy release.
>
> Could you possibly try booting with the wheezy kernel and then trying
> to reboot?  This will identify whether it's due to a change in the
> kernel or something in userspace.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>

I am not sure precisely what you want me to do.  I tried the following

SID (with kernel 3.9.1) installed on /dev/sda1 (an SSD)
Wheezy (with kernel (3.2.0) on /dev/sdb1 (Sata Hard Drive)

Boot Wheezy - allow system to load up to gdm3 login prompt.  Use restart 
option
this boots SID allow to run up to gdm3 login prompt.  Use Power Off.  
System powers down.  System Powers Down to point where "[Info] System 
will now halt" is output.  There is a brief delay then a couple of more 
lines are output before the screen immediately goes blank.  Processor 
appears to have stopped but a couple of seconds later restarts and via 
Grub boots SID again.

If I Boot SID, then at gdm3 prompt ask it to shut down, and on its 
restart (despite being told to halt) I boot into Wheezy and then tell 
Wheezy to shutdown at the gdm3 prompt.  The system comes to a complete 
halt and does not power back up again.

In other words however I boot sid it doesn't remain shutdown when I try 
to shut it down.  Whenever I boot wheezy it shuts down perfectly

Alan