Re: laptop no longer reboots

David Wolfskill wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 10:15:03AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote:
>> ...
>>> And as you can see, I've done this a few times -- been building CURRENT
>>> daily (with a few exceptions) since I got the machine.
>> yaeh, but can it reboot?
> 
> Err... yeah; not sure how else I'd actually run the kernel I just built.

I have to push the power button to get it to shutdown and then re-power it up.
otherwise it just sits in the old kernel forever..

> 
> FWIW, the daily routine is:
> 
> (While running STABLE)
> 
> * Update the local private copy of the CVS repository; start a "cvs
>   update" on the /usr/ports CVS working directory.
> 
> * Start a "cvs update" on the (STABLE) /usr/src CVS working directory.
> 
> * If there were updates to STABLE, proceed with "make buildworld" and
>   friends, then reboot to implement newly-built kernel & world.
> 
> * Start a "cvs update" on the CURRENT /usr/src CVS working directory.
> 
> * Check /usr/ports/UPDATING for relevant issues & address them
>   apprropriately, then do a "portupgrade -a".
> 
> * Once both the CURRENT "cvs update" and the "portuprade -a" are done,
>   and if there were updates to /usr/src, reboot from the CURRENT slice.
>   Once running CURRENT, start "make buildworld" and friends.  Take
>   evasive action as necessary.  :-}  Reboot to at least do a reality
>   check on newly-built CURRENT; as part of the reality check, verify that
>   the an0 NIC still works and see if the wi0 NIC has started working
>   again.  Once that's done, reboot back to STABLE (currently on slice 1)
>   where I normally use thw  wi0 NIC.
> 
> So yeah, there's a fair amount of rebooting involved.
> 
> And I tend to make the machine work a bit more than is usual for a
> laptop.  :-}
> 
> Peace,
> david