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[Help] Trouble shutting down a linux machine (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am having issues with my linux machine running openSUSE MicroOS. It runs fine but I can't power it off via SSH. I tried shutdown, poweroff and halt but no command turned the machine off. I then have to physically push the power button but I don't feel comfortable doing that too often because I might interrupt some processes which are still running? Is there something I could still try or something I did wrong?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds like that shutdown the system, so the problem is just getting it to power off. You could try "halt -p”. That explicitly calls for the system to power off. If that doesn't work, perhaps try "halt -verbose", which will give a bunch of info on the next boot about what halt was doing, might show an error there that could you lead you in the right direction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Will that show the info only when I connect a screen directly to the machine? Or also when I log into it with SSH the first time after the reboot?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I would think it should be in the boot log, but I am unsure on that one.