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| 1289451 | 2012-07-19 09:27:00 | Ok, here's something silly. I just happened to destroy my Arch install. (by doing something so extremely retarded, that I don't dare mention). But, now, I am stuck in the post GRUB screen. The system is completely unresponsive... I can't restart the machine. Holding the Power button for over a minute didn't turn it off... Nor can I pull the batter out. I get ~6 hours of battery life under normal usage... In this way, doing nothing I can see this staying on for a long long time... Does anyone have any idea of anything I could do to turn the damn thing off other than just sitting and waiting? Samsung QX412. :( |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1289452 | 2012-07-19 09:57:00 | :lol: I think you are just going to have to wait it out. The power button is usually a hardware function to shut down, I'm surprised it doesn't work as you would expect. Go on, tell us what you did... :D edit: presumably the "post grub screen" means it has hung prior to loading a kernel image so ctrl-alt-sysrq-k won't help either. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1289453 | 2012-07-19 10:05:00 | Yes, what was this retarded thing you mention? :D Can't help you turn it off sorry. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1289454 | 2012-07-19 10:38:00 | i50.tinypic.com :( |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1289455 | 2012-07-19 11:29:00 | Typo while root? Partition looks intact at least. :) Some important stuff misplaced though. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1289456 | 2012-07-19 12:25:00 | This sound like your prob?? glibc? (bbs.archbang.org) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1289457 | 2012-07-19 13:29:00 | I can't restart the machine. Holding the Power button for over a minute didn't turn it off... Nor can I pull the batter out. I get ~6 hours of battery life under normal usage... In this way, doing nothing I can see this staying on for a long long time... There's no nice way to say this, but that 6 hours will give you time to think about why on earth you bought something with a non-removable battery... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1289458 | 2012-07-20 08:20:00 | This sound like your prob?? glibc? (bbs.archbang.org) Yes, exactly that. :) The update to glibc annoyed me so much I did many silly things. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1289459 | 2012-07-20 08:22:00 | There's no nice way to say this, but that 6 hours will give you time to think about why on earth you bought something with a non-removable battery... Well, I didn't care about that to be honest. Nor do I now. What does annoy the hell out of me is the fact that the damn power button isn't hard wired. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1289460 | 2012-07-20 08:37:00 | Well, I didn't care about that to be honest. Nor do I now. What does annoy the hell out of me is the fact that the damn power button isn't hard wired. I don't know what your strategy will be if it ever gets wet, then. That button is indeed a strange thing. But in troubleshooting I have also noticed some machines that locked up at POST due to hardware faults wouldn't respond to the power button either. Most would, but not some. |
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