Ubuntu
upstart package

shutdown man page should be clear on default runlevel

Bug #755771 reported by Mike Ferreira
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upstart (Ubuntu)
Triaged
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Bug Description

If you do not specify any switches to reboot or halt to shutdown, the default is to switch to single user mode. The man page does not indicate this is the case, so it should be clarified.

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Mike Ferreira (mafoelffen)
tags: added: 11.04 32bit beta1 natty pae server
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

-H means to halt; use -P or -h if you want to power off.

What do you mean it reboots into rescue mode? If the system reboots, you get the grub menu where you have to choose rescue mode.

Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → Incomplete
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Mike Ferreira (mafoelffen) wrote :

Does not boot into the grub menu... Boot into the linux recsue text menu --Light blue background, blue box, red menu items... with options such as drop down to root commandline...

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Mike Ferreira (mafoelffen) wrote :

The sys logs "journal" right? Why don't I just do "each" and upload the journals of the sys logs?

On -H... I never did that before this. "sudo shutdown 1" always brought it down cleanly to a powerdown in 10.10 without any other flag. Maybe in that version, it was assumed? (and this just a change) Will try -p and see how that goes.

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Mike Ferreira (mafoelffen) wrote :

Okay-- It must not be assumed any longer. marked this solved. (a non-problem)

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

I get this behavior on Maverick as well. It seems that if you don't specify any switches for reboot or halt, the default behavior is to switch to single user/rescue mode. The man page should be modified so this is clear.

affects: ubuntu → upstart (Ubuntu)
Changed in upstart (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Triaged
summary: - Natty Server 11.04beta1 does not shutdown or poweroff cleanly
+ shutdown man page should be clear on default runlevel
description: updated
Changed in upstart (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Low
Robert Roth (evfool)
tags: added: manpage
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