[mythtv-users] Natty Narwhal

[Johnny Walker]

What's the easiest method to do that?

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
> On 11-05-16 11:29 AM, Ben Kamen wrote:
>> On 5/16/2011 10:28 AM, Henrik wrote:
>>> I´d wait.
>>> It broke power off for me, box hangs on powerdown.
>>> Other than that it seems ok, so far.
>>
>> Interesting since Scientific Linux 6 does the same thing on my new box.
>>
>> It starts to shut down and then stops... and never powers off.
>
> Heh.. I've had kernels doing that on my mythtv box for years now.
> There's a race/bug somewhere in the SMP power-off code.
> I've tried to trace it many times, but the mere act of adding
> trace printk()s to the code makes the problem go away,
> as does enabling the serial console.
>
> My solution?  Enable the serial console at boot time on the mythtv box.
> No more shutdown problems.
>
> :)
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