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Debian 8 (Jessie) failing to reboot from the command line.

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Hello all, The title says it all really. It looks like it may be a kernel panic.

I’ve now got three installations of Debian Jessie and they all hang on shut-down, using the reboot command via ssh or even at the server itself.

Clearly, it’s a major issue when these machines are situated at remote sites.

Have any of you guys come across this and have found an answer to the issue please?

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OK, sorry, I’ve found my own answer.

In reply to Debian 8 (Jessie) failing to reboot from the command line.

halt and reboot are no longer commands that work with Debian 8.

You now need to use:

systemctl poweroff

or

systemctl reboot

and they work just fine.

That’s progress? I now have to type 18 characters to shut-down the machine instead of 4 and 16 characters to reboot instead of 6. Somehow, I can’t quite see the logic!!

I can see me writing a couple of aliases.

OK, sorry, I’ve found my own answer.

In reply to Debian 8 (Jessie) failing to reboot from the command line.

halt and reboot no longer work in Debian 8. You have to use:

systemctl poweroff

or

systemctl reboot

both of which work fine.

So that’s progress? I now have to write 18 characters instead of 4 to shut-down the machine, or 16 instead of 6 to reboot!!

I can see me writing a couple of aliases.

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