[vox-tech] Redhat 8.0 shutdown does not power off.

[Mike Simons]

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On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 12:04:24PM -0400, Mike Simons wrote:
> > > - using magic sysrq you can trigger the power off kernel function
> > >   to see if the kernel method works correctly on a given box.  With
> > >   'q', as in s-u-q, instead of s-u-b.
> >=20
> Then alt-SysRq and tap 'q', the kernel will call the kernel=20
> function which is responsible for powering off the machine, you should
> see the power go off.

oops.

  I read the source code incorrectly, 'o' to turns off power, not
'q'  So you want 's-u-o' instead of 's-u-q'

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