Power ON / Off options

mred

Hello just got my Potato running and configured as I want. However there is still something bugging me, I can't 
power off the device via command, it just reboots when I send "Shutdown now" or "Shutdown -P now".

Also, it just boots when I plug it in, Is there an easy option to set a power on/off button? I could just set a simple switch in power micro-usb port, however it would not solve the issue of a safe poweroff, I guess continue shutting it down by unplug will eventually corrupt my SD-Card.

Tried the Ubuntu image and now I am with armbian with the same issue.

Edit: changed microsd for micro-usb

PowderLinux

Hey. I was also wondering about this. I use 'sudo shutdown -h now', and then pull the plug before it reboots. This is really strange/annoying. How do we shutdown without having it reboot? (Armbian 19.11.9 Bionic)

loverpi

How would you wake the device up if it didn't reboot?

PowderLinux

loverpi said:

How would you wake the device up if it didn't reboot?

I would wake it the same way I do on all of the other boards I own- unplug it and plug it back in.

The ROC-RK3328-CC doesnt have this issue..

mred

loverpi said:

How would you wake the device up if it didn't reboot?

The IR would be a good option. 
However I found the command "halt" works to turn it off (at least in armbian, I haven't tested in the ubuntu image), now I will try to create a switch  between the micro usb port and the power cable to completely shutting down it. 

loverpi

mred said:

loverpi said:

How would you wake the device up if it didn't reboot?

The IR would be a good option. 
However I found the command "halt" works to turn it off (at least in armbian, I haven't tested in the ubuntu image), now I will try to create a switch  between the micro usb port and the power cable to completely shutting down it. 

https://amzn.to/38RrejQ

BowerR64

On the Pi4 you push and holf F5 but these boards dont do that, i do the same thing restart then pull power before it reboots

sloppy

THe pi also has some pins on the I/O connector that shuts it down

You pull up DOS window or what ever its called in the developer options and theres some command that turns it on

PSL

I run Armbian Focal on my LaPotato and I see the same, "poweroff" command doesn't halt the OS but board reboots. That is not good, I cannot see on headless system when it is safe to disconnect power and I risk corruption of filesystem on SD card...
I tried CoreElec and that executes "power off" board correctly. Once board enters "power off state", power supply has to be re-plugged to start the board. This is expected behavior...