[Mageia-dev] latest kernels not powering off machines on shutdown

[Jose Jorge]

Le 09/08/2012 20:10, Thierry Vignaud a écrit :
> Hi
>
> I've the impression that for some time, kernels do not power off machines
> anymore on shutdown.
> The kernel prints "System halted." but the machine remains powered.
> I've seen that with VMs and with real PCs.
>
> Does someone else see that?
Yes, and some other distros do the same (at least Slitaz). Before Mageia 
2, there was no interest in having both halt and poweroff doing the same.

Now, we can do "poweroff" to cut the power after stopping the kernel, or 
"halt" to keep  the power on.