Hello. I am running 40 workstations with 3 kinds of hardware, all under fedora 8. From time to time -- about once every 3 days -- one of the machine (not always the same) shuts itself down. Otherwise they are running 24 hours a day every day.
The excerpt of the /var/log/messages that seems relevant to me is always similar to the following:
Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: received event "button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001" Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: notifying client 2271[68:68] Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: notifying client 2467[0:0] Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: client has disconnected Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: notifying client 2467[0:0] Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: client has disconnected Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: notifying client 2467[0:0] Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: executing action "/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now" Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 shutdown[19479]: shutting down for system halt Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: action exited with status 0 Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: completed event "button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001" Nov 18 15:12:27 epgs16 avahi-daemon[2211]: Got SIGTERM, quitting. Nov 18 15:12:27 epgs16 avahi-daemon[2211]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 130.79.9.36. Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 hcid[2040]: Stopping SDP server Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 hcid[2040]: Unregister path: /org/bluez Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 input[2065]: Unregistered manager path Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 input[2065]: Exit Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 hcid[2040]: Shutting down local server Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 hcid[2040]: Exit Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 acpid: exiting Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating. Nov 18 15:12:29 epgs16 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="1.19.6" x-pid="1974"] exiting on signal 15.
Thanks in advance for any tip on how to solve this problem.
Alain
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 16:13 +0100, Alain Cochard wrote:
Hello. I am running 40 workstations with 3 kinds of hardware, all under fedora 8. From time to time -- about once every 3 days -- one of the machine (not always the same) shuts itself down. Otherwise they are running 24 hours a day every day.
The excerpt of the /var/log/messages that seems relevant to me is always similar to the following:
Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: received event "button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001" Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: notifying client 2271[68:68] Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: notifying client 2467[0:0] Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: client has disconnected Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: notifying client 2467[0:0] Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: client has disconnected Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: notifying client 2467[0:0] Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: executing action "/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now" Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 shutdown[19479]: shutting down for system halt Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: action exited with status 0 Nov 18 15:12:26 epgs16 acpid: completed event "button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001" Nov 18 15:12:27 epgs16 avahi-daemon[2211]: Got SIGTERM, quitting. Nov 18 15:12:27 epgs16 avahi-daemon[2211]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 130.79.9.36. Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 hcid[2040]: Stopping SDP server Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 hcid[2040]: Unregister path: /org/bluez Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 input[2065]: Unregistered manager path Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 input[2065]: Exit Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 hcid[2040]: Shutting down local server Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 hcid[2040]: Exit Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 acpid: exiting Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. Nov 18 15:12:28 epgs16 kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating. Nov 18 15:12:29 epgs16 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="1.19.6" x-pid="1974"] exiting on signal 15.
Thanks in advance for any tip on how to solve this problem.
I am not an expert, but I think you can add the "acpi=off" option to the kernel entry in grub. That would stop it from shutting down the workstation, but it would also disable other stuff...
Alain Cochard wrote:
I am running 40 workstations with 3 kinds of hardware, all under fedora 8. From time to time -- about once every 3 days -- one of the machine (not always the same) shuts itself down. Otherwise they are running 24 hours a day every day.
Linuxguy123 writes:
I am not an expert, but I think you can add the "acpi=off" option to the kernel entry in grub. That would stop it from shutting down the workstation, but it would also disable other stuff...
Roger Heflin writes:
If you have instant off set in the bios, there are a number of motherboards on which the power switch will pick up enough noise (from the wires going to the power switch) to think it was send a proper off signal even though no one is pushing the button...
The easiest solution is to not set instant off.
Thank you very much Linuxguy and Roger. About half of the machines -- the most recent ones -- have "instant off" in the bios. I will change the option and see if the problem remains.
No equivalent option in older hardware?
Has anyone some insight about the consequences of disabling acpi?
Alain
Alain Cochard wrote:
Hello. I am running 40 workstations with 3 kinds of hardware, all under fedora 8. From time to time -- about once every 3 days -- one of the machine (not always the same) shuts itself down. Otherwise they are running 24 hours a day every day.
The excerpt of the /var/log/messages that seems relevant to me is always similar to the following:
If you have instant off set in the bios, there are a number of motherboards on which the power switch will pick up enough noise to send a proper off signal even though no one is pushing the button...
The easiest solution is to not set instant off.
Alain Cochard wrote:
Hello. I am running 40 workstations with 3 kinds of hardware, all under fedora 8. From time to time -- about once every 3 days -- one of the machine (not always the same) shuts itself down. Otherwise they are running 24 hours a day every day.
The excerpt of the /var/log/messages that seems relevant to me is always similar to the following:
If you have instant off set in the bios, there are a number of motherboards on which the power switch will pick up enough noise (from the wires going to the power switch) to think it was send a proper off signal even though no one is pushing the button...
The easiest solution is to not set instant off.
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Roger Heflin