[CentOS] Centos 6: Dell GX270 fails to power down (but reboots)

Mon Nov 5 11:09:52 UTC 2012
Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro>

On 05.11.2012 10:38, Rainer Traut wrote:
> Hi,
>
> am using latest C6 on a Dell GX270 with latest Bios.
> It fails to power down but restarts when running
> $ sudo poweroff
>
> I tried some google hints for kernel boot option:
> acpi=force
> no help, looks like acpi is working anyway when looking in dmesg
> acpi=off
> makes e1000 nic fail to initialize
>
> Any suggestions?
> Rainer

Just stabbing in the dark: do you have acpid installed?

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