Re: Have problem with linux not being able to shutdown!

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From: Mike Holland
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:00

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Staff (ToowoombaCC@b022.aone.net.au) wrote:
: Mathew Boorman wrote:
: > 
: > Neil Rawlings wrote:
: > > Hi can anybody tell me what might be wrong? i have installed linux ver 1.2.13
: > > and got it all running ok, got my 8 port card to work, but when i try to shut
: > > the system down it comes up : "shutdown already running" this is a real weird
: > > one but there is probably a simple answer to it, if anyone has the answer could
: > 
: > I got that too, I dont know why, but a shutdown -c (?) fixed it.
: > the argument cancels the pending shutdown.  Check the man to
: > make sures its -c though.
: > 

Easy, there would be an old lock flag ( /tmp/shutdown.pid ? or similar) lying
around. "shutdown -c" must have removed it.
   Its really a bug, as it should check for stale locks.

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Mike Holland.    		http://cygwww.uwa.edu.au/user/myk (boring)
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Date: 1996/04/23
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