Questions tagged [poweroff]
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How can I reboot or shutdown the system in an EFI or UEFI shell?
Having consulted resources related to the commands available in a UEFI/EFI shell, I cannot find two commands I would expect to be available:
reboot
poweroff, halt, or shutdown
What am I missing here?...
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PC powers off at random times
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After experiencing some problems with Mobo batteries my PC started to power off at random times, the power off is instant and sudden and does not restart afterwards, need help figuring ...
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Poweroff , damages hardware?
So i've been using poweroff command to shutdown my computer at a specific hour.
Is it okay for the hardware to do this (e.g hard drives)? Or should I use other system call?
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Start and shutdown log Windows 10
I would like to check when my PC started, I read about event log id 6006 and 6005 to check the log service start up and shutdown event... but this method doesn't work.
The last eventlog service ...
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What does “Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK” in dmesg mean?
When I power-off an external USB 3.0 SSD (hard drive enclosing containing a 2,5-inch Samsung SSD, attached via a USB 3.0 cable to a USB-A 2.0 or 3.0 computer port; the partitions have been already ...
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Scanner is turning my computer off
I'm running Ubuntu 64-bit and I just installed a printer, the Epson Stylus NX110. Whenever I try to scan or print my computer powers off. There doesn't seem to be anything left over in my logs, (but ...
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What could possibly cause my computer to power down at random times?
I have recently bought a new Power Supply and a new graphics card. My PC ran smoothly for a few months now but since a couple of days I'm having a strange problem. I am trying to isolate the problem ...
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PC shut downs automatically after 10-20 second. No POST screen, no beeps
I have this not-so-old computer that's not being used for a year or so.
Specs:
Motherboard: ASUS PN5-E SLI
CPU: Intel Core2Duo E4300
RAM:2x2GB SuperTalent DDR2-800
VGA: Zogis GeForce 7950GT
PSU: ...
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Using power button to turn off my locked Windows 7 machine
I want to use the power button to turn off my Windows 7 machine without having to login or unlock it. I want to do this on my machine, plus we will likely want to do it on some student lab machines. ...
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Machine turns off with different graphics card; who's the culprit?
A machine that I own does run quite stable in its current configuration. It has been running with a GeForce GTX 295 for a couple of years. That card used quite a lot of power, produced lots of heat ...
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How to shut down and start up Debian server on a preset schedule?
I have a basic home server running Debian 11, which I am using to self-host a few things. I would like to set it up, so that it does not run during the night. Basically, I am doing this out of noise ...
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Dell Vostro 3750 often reboots instead of shutting down. Why and what to do?
In German Windows 8.1 and Debian Live 10.3.0, when I tell my laptop Dell Vostro 3750 to shut down, it sometimes turns itself off properly (probably during initial work or after long do-nothing breaks, ...
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Power off the computer every night and hardware life
I want to know if an office computer shuold be switched off every night or not to improve its hardware life.
I know that some components like magnetic disks are degraded by reboots, but I cannot ...
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Strange sudden shutdowns followed by completely dead VAIO VPCF11 laptop
I have a Sony Vaio VPCF11SE, i7 QM 720 CPU running Win7 home premium.
Yesterday, after an hour or two of mostly just surfing the web, my laptop just suddenly died. There was no BSOD, noise or any ...
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What's the proper way to unplug a power cord?
Unsure if I'm stating the question correctly, but I know there are warnings against quickly unplugging projectors suddenly because of the damage it can cause to the projector bulb. Is this applicable ...
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Dell does not power down when long-pressing power button?
I have a Dell Precision 7770. I performed a UEFI (BIOS) update. It hasn't done anything since then. In the Technical Guidebook it says,
Power button with optional finger print reader
Press to turn ...
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Is there a way to force power off for the Samsung NP N150plus series?
There seems to be a nifty way to power off the Series 9 laptop (pinhole + paperclip) when the laptop goes into panic mode and using the on-off switch for 4s+ no longer works. There does not seem to be ...
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Laptop suddenly off without notice the battery level
My laptop is HP Probook 4540s and running on Widows 7 32bit OS. My battery may be week now. But the problem is Laptop suddenly off without notice the battery level. Not shutting down or hibernateing. ...
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Linux's poweroff resets the machine instead of powering it off
I'm using Fedora 20 with Gnome3, and sometimes when I click on Power Off, the machine resets instead of powering off. Actually I don't know if it's being reset or if it's being powered off and then it ...
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Allow "systemctl halt" for all users? (systemd + debian)
Is it possible to allow "systemctl halt" for all users?
Currently only the commands:
systemctl poweroff & systemctl reboot work on my system (Debian Jessie)
When I call systemctl halt as a ...
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Unable to set permissions for power operations under Debian Bookworm
I am building a server under Debian Bookworm that it is to be used basically to read and save old tapes. The concept is to have the box full of units and be seldomly used and, when this occurs use a ...
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Is it bad to continuously power off a desktop monitor by disconnecting it from the power socket instead of using the power button?
I have my desktop computer in such a set up in that the computer is directly connected to the wall socket, but the display and other devices (a lamp, phone chargers, USB hubs, etc.) are connected to a ...
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Gigabyte BRIX GB-BXBT-1900 won't power off
I have just installed Debian jessie onto this machine. I have had to use lilo to boot it because grub won't work. Everything seems to be OK otherwise, but when I issue a "poweroff" command, it goes ...
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Linux base device not getting shutdown
I try to shutdown my embedded system running with Linux environment using shutdown -h now. But in place of shutdown it is rebooting my system again. So can anyone give me suggestion how to shutdown my ...
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Hibernate without poweroff on Linux
Is there a way, on Linux, to hibernate without performing a shutdown and even continuing working?
My idea is to hibernate at defined intervals in such a way to prevent data loss (and restarting ...
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Is it possible to disable power supply turn off switch?
I've got OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W and I'm wondering if it's possible (and what's the best way) of totally disabling the power off switch button? I don't have much space under my desk, and I way too ...
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My ubuntu not power off
I run ubuntu 22.04 on my pc but I encounter to problem .when I click on tabs power off my monitor change to black color but my pc didn't power off.i have to press key power manually .how can I solve ...
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Asus ROG Flow X16 Sleeping When Not Intended
I recently got the Asus ROG Flow X16 with the Ryzen 9 6900hs. For my use cases, there have immediately been some strange issues.
Computer puts itself to sleep immediately when lid is closed, ...
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How does poweroff work in Linux?
When using
poweroff -f
in the terminal it turns off the computer. A similar thing happens when using
reboot -f
it turns off and then back on again in a restart.
How can it be, that the computer &...
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How can I properly shutdown a Linux machine from terminal?
What should I type to safely shutdown a Linux computer from terminal?
My circumstance is:
I'm using "Raspberry Pi Zero W" over VNC (and SSH). I was able to shutdown it by GUI, but now I press the "...
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PC Powering off during boot
My PC is performing strangely the past 2 days. If my pc starts up with a normal boot, restart etc. everything is fine.
On the other hand if it is "fast-booting", the windows boot logo is displayed ...
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i have changed some settings in BIOS,like i disabled boot options,now my system is turning off immediatly
i have changed BIOS settings,like disabled boot options,disabled,i have disabled boot settings,now my system turning off immediately without showing anything on the screen,,how should i enter into ...
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Reset and Power buttons on the system block in Linux
In my Debian Linux PC the buttons Reset and Power on the system block do nothing.
Is it possible the Reset button to make a soft reboot (the same as sudo reboot)? Is it likewise possible the Power ...
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WinXP: Disable automatic power-off after instruction to shutdown?
I am having some problems with my system that I assume may be caused by too early power-off when shutting down the system (HDD may not have the time required to write all data before power is gone).
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Desktop PC, unplugged, hibernation, draining motherboard battery?
If I put my PC to hibernation and then unplug it, will it drain the motherboard battery? I've read a lot of posts, but this is one thing I haven't seen, because of laptop users. Does hibernation drain ...
