That is, the following command fails at times:
$ sudo reboot
The last message on terminal, after which the machine gets stuck, requiring a power cycle:
Restarting system.
I tried the following reboot=
boot parameters (source) without success:
- warm
- cold
- triple
- acpi
- force
- efi
As advised on that page, I verified by running the following command to ensure the changes took effect:
$ cat /proc/cmdline
In case it might be helpful, here's a list of kernel modules:
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp_generic 16680 0
slhc 4055 1 ppp_generic
ath9k_htc 50685 0
mac80211 231186 1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_common 1720 1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw 338115 2 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common
ath 13793 3 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
cfg80211 158343 3 ath9k_htc,mac80211,ath
compat 29364 5 ath9k_htc,mac80211,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw,cfg80211
This is on an ARM system, running a custom-built Linux 2.6.35. Also, there is no X server installed, so no Desktop Environment.
"reboot="
parameters (many similar cases are "cured" withreboot=pci
; YMMV). – don_crissti Jun 26 '13 at 10:30/var/log/syslog
looks fine. – tshepang Jun 26 '13 at 11:18