Topic: Shutdown error

[Michael Regan]

I just built a system using an AOpen AX59Pro motherboard with AWARD BIOS. It is an older board and I am not sure of the BIOS number.

When I do a shut down from the main menu everything works until I get a message that the system is halted. I then get a General Protection Fault message.

I have built a similar system on the same board with the latest BIOS with out any problem. I suspect the trouble is occuring when it is giving the command to shutdown the power supply. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there an easy fix?

[Charlie Brady]

Michael Regan wrote:

> I just built a system using an AOpen AX59Pro motherboard with
> AWARD BIOS. It is an older board and I am not sure of the BIOS
> number.
>
> When I do a shut down from the main menu everything works
> until I get a message that the system is halted. I then
> get a General Protection Fault message.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Is there an easy fix?

If the local file systems have all been unmounted, and your system doesn't do a full filesystem check when you restart, then you can just ignore the problem. From what you have said, you
may be able to upgrade the BIOS to a newer version, and your problem may go away.

Regards

Charlie

[Brian Snipes]

Taken from Mandrakeuser.org
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General Protection Fault after shutdown
   This is related to some chipsets (mainly VIA). Fix: Change the last line of /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt from

      eval $command -i -d -p
          to
      eval $command -i -d
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Hope it helps.

Brian

[Michael Regan]

Thanks for the information. I don't like to flash the BIOS unless I really have to.  Since the VIA chip is the problem I will just have to turn the system off manually.