Can't reboot from ssh command line

[Stephen Mc Gowan]

I have no problem rebooting my Hoary install with the commands "sudo 
shutdown -r now" and "sudo reboot" over ssh. Check your ssh logs is there 
any record of something unusuall in there?

On 9/4/05, Craig Hagerman <craighagerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> HI,
> I have experience with other Linux distros, especially Debian, but
> this is my first time with Ubuntu. I installed Hoary Hedgehog AMD64
> onto a computer I will use as a headless file server. I did apt-get
> update and some other installs, but it is mostly a vanilla install
> right now.
> 
> The problem is that I access the machine via ssh, and for some reason
> it will not reboot via the command line from another machine. That is,
> if I enter:
> shutdown -r now
> from the remote machine, it gives the message that the server is going
> down.... I am disconnected ... but then it doesn't come up. (I have
> checked and it DOES continue to run - I wonder if something is
> hanging?) If I do:
> shutdown -h now
> it shuts down OK.
> 
> Also (strangely enough), if the machine is connected to a monitor (and
> I am logged into gdm) and I enter "shutdown -r now" from the local
> terminal it WILL restart without any problems.
> 
> This is driving me crazy. To make matters worse, this machine is on
> the other side of the world from where I live (where I will administer
> it via ssh)... and I go back home on Tuesday.
> 
> I would really appreciate any help or advice to figure out how to fix
> this problem. On a related note... is there any way I can have the
> machine shutdown and then turn itself on and some later time?
> 
> Craig
> 
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