Root.sh fails - asm won't shut down

I am trying to instal clusterware 11gR2 on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5. This is all running an Oracle Virtualbox environment, using ASM for the cluster disk in an openfiler. 32 bit installation, 1GB memory allocated to each node environment. I had to ignore errors for the following:
< 1.5 GB memory
small swap file
ncsd and ntpd processes not running (not connected to internet), I understand Oracle will install it's own timer service if this is not present
Running root.sh fails because asm won't shut down properly:
[root@odbn1 grid]# ./root.sh
Running Oracle 11g root.sh script...
The following environment variables are set as:
ORACLE_OWNER= oracle
ORACLE_HOME= /u01/app/grid
Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [usr/local/bin]:
Copying dbhome to /usr/local/bin ...
Copying oraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
Copying coraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
Creating /etc/oratab file...
Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root.sh script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.
2010-08-24 14:46:44: Parsing the host name
2010-08-24 14:46:44: Checking for super user privileges
2010-08-24 14:46:44: User has super user privileges
Using configuration parameter file: /u01/app/grid/crs/install/crsconfig_params
Creating trace directory
LOCAL ADD MODE
Creating OCR keys for user 'root', privgrp 'root'..
Operation successful.
root wallet
root wallet cert
root cert export
peer wallet
profile reader wallet
pa wallet
peer wallet keys
pa wallet keys
peer cert request
pa cert request
peer cert
pa cert
peer root cert TP
profile reader root cert TP
pa root cert TP
peer pa cert TP
pa peer cert TP
profile reader pa cert TP
profile reader peer cert TP
peer user cert
pa user cert
Adding daemon to inittab
CRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been started.
ohasd is starting
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.gipcd' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.mdnsd' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.mdnsd' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.gipcd' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.gpnpd' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.gpnpd' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssd' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.diskmon' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.diskmon' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssd' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.ctssd' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.ctssd' on 'odbn1' succeeded
ASM created and started successfully.
DiskGroup CLSVOL1 created successfully.
clscfg: -install mode specified
Successfully accumulated necessary OCR keys.
Creating OCR keys for user 'root', privgrp 'root'..
Operation successful.
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.crsd' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.crsd' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-4256: Updating the profile
Successful addition of voting disk 502348953fc24f1cbf9c9f0fdf5cf2e0.
Successfully replaced voting disk group with +CLSVOL1.
CRS-4256: Updating the profile
CRS-4266: Voting file(s) successfully replaced
## STATE File Universal Id File Name Disk group
1. ONLINE 502348953fc24f1cbf9c9f0fdf5cf2e0 (/dev/oracleasm/disks/CRS) [CLSVOL1]
Located 1 voting disk(s).
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.crsd' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.crsd' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.asm' on 'odbn1'
ORA-15097: cannot SHUTDOWN ASM instance with connected client
CRS-2675: Stop of 'ora.asm' on 'odbn1' failed
CRS-4000: Command Stop failed, or completed with errors.
Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /u01/app/grid/bin/crsctl stop resource ora.asm -init
Stop of resource "ora.asm -init" failed
Failed to stop ASM
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.ctssd' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.ctssd' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'odbn1'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'odbn1' succeeded
CRS-2529: Unable to act on 'ora.cssd' because that would require stopping or relocating 'ora.asm', but the force option was not specified
CRS-4000: Command Stop failed, or completed with errors.
Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /u01/app/grid/bin/crsctl stop resource ora.cssd -init
Failed to exit exclusive mode
Initial cluster configuration failed. See /u01/app/grid/cfgtoollogs/crsconfig/rootcrs_odbn1.log for details
[root@odbn1 grid]#
The rootcrs_odbn1.log shows the same error:
[root@odbn1 crsconfig]# tail -50 rootcrs_odbn1.log
2010-08-24 15:10:38: /bin/su successfully executed
2010-08-24 15:10:38: /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/prdr/cwallet.sso => /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/prdr/cwallet.sso
2010-08-24 15:10:38: rmtcpy: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/prdr/cwallet.sso -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/prdr/cwallet.sso -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:10:38: Running as user oracle: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/prdr/cwallet.sso -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/prdr/cwallet.sso -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:10:38: s_run_as_user2: Running /bin/su oracle -c ' /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/prdr/cwallet.sso -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/prdr/cwallet.sso -nodelist odbn1,odbn2 '
2010-08-24 15:11:20: Removing file /tmp/file1ye3x8
2010-08-24 15:11:21: Successfully removed file: /tmp/file1ye3x8
2010-08-24 15:11:21: /bin/su successfully executed
2010-08-24 15:11:21: /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/pa/cwallet.sso => /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/pa/cwallet.sso
2010-08-24 15:11:21: rmtcpy: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/pa/cwallet.sso -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/pa/cwallet.sso -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:11:21: Running as user oracle: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/pa/cwallet.sso -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/pa/cwallet.sso -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:11:21: s_run_as_user2: Running /bin/su oracle -c ' /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/pa/cwallet.sso -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/pa/cwallet.sso -nodelist odbn1,odbn2 '
2010-08-24 15:11:49: Removing file /tmp/filelEb5Lp
2010-08-24 15:11:49: Successfully removed file: /tmp/filelEb5Lp
2010-08-24 15:11:50: /bin/su successfully executed
2010-08-24 15:11:50: /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/root/b64certificate.txt => /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/root/b64certificate.txt
2010-08-24 15:11:50: rmtcpy: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/root/b64certificate.txt -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/root/b64certificate.txt -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:11:50: Running as user oracle: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/root/b64certificate.txt -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/root/b64certificate.txt -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:11:50: s_run_as_user2: Running /bin/su oracle -c ' /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/root/b64certificate.txt -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/root/b64certificate.txt -nodelist odbn1,odbn2 '
2010-08-24 15:12:26: Removing file /tmp/fileUQzFxE
2010-08-24 15:12:27: Successfully removed file: /tmp/fileUQzFxE
2010-08-24 15:12:27: /bin/su successfully executed
2010-08-24 15:12:27: /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/peer/cert.txt => /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/peer/cert.txt
2010-08-24 15:12:27: rmtcpy: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/peer/cert.txt -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/peer/cert.txt -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:12:27: Running as user oracle: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/peer/cert.txt -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/peer/cert.txt -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:12:27: s_run_as_user2: Running /bin/su oracle -c ' /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/peer/cert.txt -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/peer/cert.txt -nodelist odbn1,odbn2 '
2010-08-24 15:12:47: Removing file /tmp/filevnw3D8
2010-08-24 15:12:47: Successfully removed file: /tmp/filevnw3D8
2010-08-24 15:12:47: /bin/su successfully executed
2010-08-24 15:12:47: /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/pa/cert.txt => /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/pa/cert.txt
2010-08-24 15:12:47: rmtcpy: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/pa/cert.txt -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/pa/cert.txt -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:12:47: Running as user oracle: /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/pa/cert.txt -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/pa/cert.txt -nodelist odbn1,odbn2
2010-08-24 15:12:47: s_run_as_user2: Running /bin/su oracle -c ' /u01/app/grid/bin/cluutil -sourcefile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/odbn1/wallets/pa/cert.txt -destfile /u01/app/grid/gpnp/wallets/pa/cert.txt -nodelist odbn1,odbn2 '
2010-08-24 15:13:19: Removing file /tmp/fileArkUFi
2010-08-24 15:13:20: Successfully removed file: /tmp/fileArkUFi
2010-08-24 15:13:20: /bin/su successfully executed
2010-08-24 15:13:20: Exiting exclusive mode
2010-08-24 15:13:41: Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /u01/app/grid/bin/crsctl stop resource ora.asm -init
2010-08-24 15:13:41: Stop of resource "ora.asm -init" failed
2010-08-24 15:13:41: Failed to stop ASM
2010-08-24 15:14:44: Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /u01/app/grid/bin/crsctl stop resource ora.cssd -init
2010-08-24 15:14:44: CSS shutdown failed
2010-08-24 15:14:44: Failed to exit exclusive mode
2010-08-24 15:14:44: Initial cluster configuration failed. See /u01/app/grid/cfgtoollogs/crsconfig/rootcrs_odbn1.log for details
[root@odbn1 crsconfig]#
Has anyone seen this before? All help greatly appreciated!

Hi Sebastian,
Thank you for your quick reply. Here's what I tried:
1. reset the install as you suggested, and tried running root.sh again. The exact same thing happened.
2. restored to an openfiler snapshots that were taken right before the failed upgrade. Increased memory on both VMs to 1280M as you suggested. Rebooted the virtual environment and ran the installation again. This time, the root.sh script froze my environment - not enough memory to support this.
3. restored the openfiler snapshots again. Increased memory on one node (odbn1) to 1500M. Ran the install for a single node cluster. It got past this error.
Thank you!!!
Also, thanks for the tip on the ntp.init file. That did eliminate the error for ntpd not running during the installation.

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Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Also, open the Console utility in your Utilities folder and see if there are any console messages around the time of your last shutdown/restart that might indicate what failed to quit.

My Mac won't shut down.

My Mac won't shut down. It says I need to close Safari first but when I try to click close Safari the button isn't there.

If your Safari screen is up on the desktop click anywhere on the Safari screen and hit
"Command" and "Q" at the same time and it should close.
If that doesn't work, force quit the program by clicking on the Apple logo on the top left of your desktop screen and look for the "force quit option" and select Safari from the list.
if all else fails, hold down your power button on the computer until the machine shuts down.

Yosemite OS X 10.10.2 won't shut down

I have a 2011 iMac (2.8 GHz, Intel Core i7)
I recently updated to 10.10.2.
Things were working fine, but now my iMac won't shut down.
I go to the Apple in the upper left corner... Click on "shut down"... but then nothing happens.
Normally, there is a little prompt window asking if I really want to shut my computer down, or something, but that window has stopped popping up.
And that's it. My Mac just stays on. I then have to hold down the power button to get it to shut down.
And, now, my screensaver won't come on. Not even if I try to force it on. It just refuses to come on.
Any ideas on what happened and how to fix it??
Thanks!

Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
4. Reinstall Yosemite: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall OS X from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.
5. Reinstall Yosemite from Scratch:
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
How to Clean Install OS X Yosemite
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.

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After I installed version 10.4 the computer won't shut down. It will sleep, but won't restart or shut down. I just use the power button. It worked perfect before I upgraded. All advice is appreciated because I know nothing!

Hi there,
I found some references to items I got rid of (Virex and Konfabulator) in my Login Items... I checked my Console and there is a lot of repeating stuff like this:
Jan 19 19:56:53 Whitney configd[36]: AppleTalk shutdown failed, status = 71 (retrying)
Jan 19 19:56:54 Whitney configd[36]: AppleTalk shutdown failed, status = 71 (retrying)
Jan 20 06:22:57 Whitney /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer: AFPServer::AbnormalATListenerShutDown - clear listener
Jan 20 06:23:05 Whitney webdavd[568]: unexpected statusCode 503
Jan 20 06:23:05 Whitney webdavd[568]: network_mount: OPTIONS failed; file: mount.tproj/webdav_network.c; line: 2729
I don't know what Appletalk is, I am looking around now to try to find out.
Thank you, again, for your help.
imacmom
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PowerBook won't shut down, restarts instead

Hello,
I've read dozens of post about shut down issues with the older PowerBooks, but I can't seem to find any tips for how to deal with my issue. Here's what's going on:
PowerBook G4 500Mhz, Airport Card, 512MB Ram. Nothing connected via USB or Firewire.
When selecting "shut down" from the Apple menu, the computer restarts instead. I can't shut the computer down!
Here's what I've tried so far:
- Wiped disk clean, reinstalled OS 10.4.9. Created new user.
- Removed Kingston 256MB Ram chip and restarted.
- Removed battery and restarted
- Repaired disk permissions
- Reset PRAM
Any help would be appreciated, since I can't sell this computer if it won't shut down.

If verify disk didn't show any problems, then repairing the disk may not change anything. Still, it would be good to have your system discs available for troubleshooting. Apple will allow you to make a safety copy of your discs, so if you want to leave the originals in a safe place and make copies to carry around with you, Apple allows you to do that.
Do you have a bootable clone? If so, you could boot from it and then repair your boot drive should you need to. Just an alternative if you don't have your discs with you.
Maybe I'm not clear on just what's happening. Does your computer completely shut down and then start up again, just as if you had hit restart? Or does it fail to completely shut down? If the latter, I am wondering if you have some process or open window that is aborting the shutdown process. You might want to check in Activity Monitor and see if there might be some hung up process. Be sure to select "All Processes" at the top.
Good luck!

MBP won't shut down

Hi eveyone,
I hve a MBP i7 with 8Gb Ram that won't shut down, it just hangs with the greyed cirlcle in the middle of the screen.
I have even left it on overnight and it still won't shut down unless i hold down the power key.
I have run Disk utility and Still no joy.
Any ideas what else i could try?
Thanks in advance
Steve

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the page that opens.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes) in the search box. Note the timestamps of those log messages, which refer to the times when the system was booted. Now clear the search box and scroll back in the log to the last boot time when you had the problem. Post the messages logged before the boot, while the system was unresponsive or was failing to shut down. Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the end of the log extract.
Post the log text, please, not a screenshot. If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message. When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
PLEASE DO NOT INDISCRIMINATELY DUMP THOUSANDS OF LINES FROM THE LOG INTO A MESSAGE. If you do that, I will not respond.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out by search-and-replace in a text editor before posting.
Step 2
Still in Console, look under System Diagnostic Reports for crash or panic logs, and post the most recent one, if any. In the interest of privacy, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

My Macbook Pro won't shut down or restart without forcing shut down. Hangs on grey screen. iTunes not recognizing iPod.

HELP!!!
Here are the specs of my machine:
2011 13.3" MacBook Pro
4 GB Ram/320 GB HD
For the past several months my MacBook Pro refuses to shut down or restart without holding down the power button. Whenever I choose to restart or shut down the computer, it will hang on a grey screen. I have even tried letting it hang for an hour, and it still won't shut down. I notice that once in a while it will retart or shut down correctly if I had not used opened iTunes since turning it on. However, even manually closing iTunes before shutting down or restarting does not solve the problem. It seems as though it only shuts down if iTunes was not used since restarting the computer. Is this a registry error? Do I need to reinstall iTunes? I noticed this problem began happening after I uninstalled Kaspersky Virus Scanner, could that be the problem as well? Also, I cannot guarantee that the problem is only associated with iTunes. I just noticed that one of the few times it shut down or restarted correctly, iTunes coincidentally had not been used. Also, this problem started happening while I was still using Lion and has continued despite upgrading to Mountain Lion.
Also, whenever I update my iPod through iTunes, it won't eject properly, and a transparent icon of the iPod displays on the screen even after I have removed it from the USB port. Furthermore, the iPod will only be recognized by iTunes and will only be updated the first time I plug it in. After removing it and plugging it back in, it won't recognize or update the device unless I shut down and restart the computer. I have the latest addition of iTunes. I also have two iPods, one 80 GB Classic, and one 8 GB Nano, and I have the same problem with both.
I have AppleCare. Should I take my macbook to the genius bar?
Applications I normally use are Word, Safari, FireFox, iTunes, FinalDraft, Photo Booth, Notes, Mail, App Store, etc. No real heavy lifting.
Any feedback would be very much appreciated. :-)
Thank you everyone!!

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i recently chanded my OS from 10.5 to 10.4.11 (as a programme i want to use is not compatible with leopard), but since i have done this my external hard-drive won't shut down automatically when i shut down my mac. i have to switch it off at the plug instead.
can anyone suggest how i can get it to do this again?
i'm a little concerned that i'm damaging the external drive by turning it off manually all the time..
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This is not really a problem as all hard drives spin down after 10- 20 minutes when not in use, whether your computer is on or off. Leaving the drive on is fine, shutting it off manually is fine.
-mj
[email protected]

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I had a disk error with a SD disk from my camera. Removed the disk from the card reader and got the Disk Removal Error alert. Then the whole thing froze up on me. Noting else would eject, No other apps would shut down and basically nothing worked. I couldn't shut down so I removed the battery. Restarted the computer ok then tried to repair the SD disk in question. No luck on the repair so ejected it again. Then tried to restart OS and it won't shut down again except everything still works but it just won't shut down.

Some hard drives shut off with shutdown, some don't. Sometimes hard drives that did shut off with one system will not do the same with a different system. My hard drives which did shut off, prior to 10.5 now stay on.
This is not really a problem as all hard drives spin down after 10- 20 minutes when not in use, whether your computer is on or off. Leaving the drive on is fine, shutting it off manually is fine.
-mj
[email protected]

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Core Duo won't shut down or log out or re-start but can sleep. Can use terminal to kill processes but it is not an application causing the problem. The output is to a TV via S-Video and am using wireless keyboard via USB.
Appreciate any suggestions.

hello to the mac world
@sunra
same problem here on my mini mac, intel solo core, happens 3 times in one week now.
it seems that my mini ignores shutdown, restart and log out.
when I terminate the task "login window" then he jumps to the login screen, where I can shutdown or change the user.
anyone an idea about this little problem?
okay, it is not a big problem and with this problem I feel already home now...yes, I used windows the last years
greetings
user1010
ps: please excuse my bad english!

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Macbook Air isn't a year old and I don't leave it plugged in ever. The battery might last 2 hours and gets very hot. In addition the fan runs at a very high speed. The computer won't shut down in a normal way. I have to hold the power button down to shut it off. Can someone suggest something please.
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Windows won't shut down

I got a iPod nano about a month ago, and installed iTunes on my PC. All is well so far... until I try to shut down. The computer restarts instead. After installing and unistalling iTunes from the cd and apple.com nothing changes. I've tried shuting down all iPod and iTunes related processes in the task manager before shutting down, but the result is always the same.
Called Apple help, and they've never heard of this problem.
Can someone help? I like iTunes to much to give up on this one.
Morten G
Trondheim, Norway

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