Model B not shutting down

[asandford]

I have i model B with nothing plugged in except a powered USB HDD which has the OS on it.

After the latest update, my pi won't shutdown.

Both sudo halt and sudo poweroff result in a reboot, and the only way to poweroff is to pull the plug.

I've seen this mentioned for the B+, but I have good mains wiring, and a solid brick construction to prevent cosmic rays (long story with Sun).

This pi has both my mail and web servers on it, so I'd like to do a controlled shutdown.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[EDIT] It's not even rebooting now as I can't ssh back in. The act light does the poweroff flashing, but all the rest of the lights stay on.

[redhawk]

After the latest update, my pi won't shutdown.

What commands did you use to perform the update?

Could you run the following 2 command and paste the results here:
uname -a
/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version

Richard S.

[asandford]

After the latest update, my pi won't shutdown.

What commands did you use to perform the update?

Could you run the following 2 command and paste the results here:
uname -a
/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version

Richard S.

The usual:
sudo su -
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade -y
rpi-update

Code: Select all

austin@sandford ~ $ uname -a
Linux sandford 3.12.24+ #694 PREEMPT Tue Jul 15 17:34:35 BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux
austin@sandford ~ $ /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version
VCHI initialization failed
austin@sandford ~ $

[rpiuser123]

Have you tried init 0?

[PeterO]

Sounds like this thread ..... http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 8&start=25

And yes I know that is about B+ but may be something in common with firmware changes made for the B+

PeterO

[asandford]

Have you tried init 0?

I have now.

Looking at the activity on the screen, the system goes down correctly; act light flashes, video goes off.

It seems that the ethernet port is being kept alive, all the lights are still on, and I can unplug and replug the cable and a link is re-established.

[jojopi]

I also noticed this after updating firmware on some Model Bs yesterday: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 49#p581749

It is not a big problem but it does waste a little power and makes it look as if the board has not shut down correctly.

[asandford]

The dt-blob.bin has fixed it

[Sheddyian]

For what it's worth, I too noticed this the other day. A 256MB Model B and recent 512MB model B running latest firmware and Raspbian both leave the LAN leds lit after a sudo shutdown -h. The HDMI and the USB power down OK. Not only are they lit, but there's flashing in response to LAN activity.

It's confusing as it's not always clear when it's finished shutting down.

I idly wondered if it was some new plan for a Wake on Lan function, but sending a WOL magic packet to them does not cause anything to happen.

However, a model B+ also with current firmware and Raspbian does extinguish it's LAN leds after a sudo shutdown -h.

Ian

[java]

On a RPi model B, after doing an rpi-update, I have same problem. Pi seems to shut down, but LED's remain active/lit. This behavior started immiediately after the update. Seems more confusing than harmfull, but should not be that way.

[Windwalker-DE]

Same issue here on a B model after firmware update.

[liamkennedy]

Yep. Me too. Model B's. Hope this gets fixed soon.. as it's going to add confusion to my users as far as knowing when the Pi's are actually shut down.

[rpdom]

It is fixed in the latest update (yesterday).

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 10#p584507

[Windwalker-DE]

After applying the yesterdays firmware update my Pi no longer boot.
I had to install a backup of the SD card.

Any suggestions?

[liamkennedy]

I just installed the new firmware (3.12.25+) and I can confirm the issue is now resolved.

[MrEngman]

After applying the yesterdays firmware update my Pi no longer boot.
I had to install a backup of the SD card.

Any suggestions?

There was a problem with the firmware update for 23rd July which stopped it booting if gpu_mem in file /boot/config.txt was less than 64. This was fixed with the update for 24th July.

You could get it to boot by changing gpu_mem=16 or 32 to gpu_mem=64. You could then get the new update which sorted out the problem.



MrEngman