[BlueOnyx:02001] Re: GUI will not power down or reboot

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Jason,

> Both "Reboot Now" and "Shutdown" on the Systems Settings / Power page look
> like they work successfully. I get the correct warning dialog and then a
> page saying "The server appliance is now rebooting. It should be available
> again in a few minutes."
>
> But neither command actually does anything to the server.
>
> In case it helps, please note that typing reboot in a console has the
> desired effect.
>
> Any ideas what could be wrong?
>
> Any logs to check or tests to run?

I just tested that and both "reboot" and "shutdown" work. Would have been 
surprised if they didn't. :o)

There is a small delay, though, before it kicks in. When I hit "reboot" in the 
browser I directly switched to my SSH session window and after like 5 seconds 
I got the broadcast "System is going down for a reboot".

If it's not working for you, then do this:

>From an SSH session run "tail -f /var/log/messages" (as "root") and then hit 
the "reboot" button in the GUI. It should show something in /var/log/messages 
afterwards. Post back what it reported in /var/log/messages after you clicked 
the button and we take it from there.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber