Hard one - shutdown / session problems

[Lockheed]

Guys, you are my last hope. I tried on dedicated Arch forums (my current linux), on ubuntu forums (my previous system) and no one was able to help me.

Whatever I do, I can't get my linux to reboot, shutdown or hibernate.

Here is some new info:

I am using stripped down xfce4 with compiz and emerald.

Here's my .xinitrc

cairo-dock &
xfdesktop &
/home/juha/bin/startup.sh &
exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp

and my startup script

sh -c "sleep 5 && wicd-client" &
sh -c "python2 -u /usr/share/screenlets/Radio/RadioScreenlet.py" &
sh -c "python2 -u /home/juha/.screenlets/NowCalendar/NowCalendarScreenlet.py" &
sh -c "python2 -u /usr/share/screenlets/Tomboy/TomboyScreenlet.py" &
sh -c "xbindkeys" &
sh -c "xfce4-volumed" &  
sh -c "sleep 25 && conky" &
while true; do emerald --replace; sleep 1; done &

1. My login manager is SLIM which I use to autologin.

# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path        /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver     /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments   -nolisten tcp vt07

# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd            /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd          /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd         /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd        /usr/sbin/suspend

# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path         /usr/bin/xauth 

# Xauth file for server
authfile           /var/run/slim.auth


# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
# numlock             on

# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
# hidecursor          false

# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
#
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd           exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session

# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
#
# sessionstart_cmd    some command
# sessionstop_cmd    some command

# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# daemon    yes

# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions            xfce4,icewm,wmaker,blackbox

# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd      import -window root /slim.png

# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg         Welcome to %host

# Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1
# session_msg         Session: 

# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg       The system is halting...
reboot_msg         The system is rebooting...

# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
default_user        juha

# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password      no

# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature
auto_login          yes


# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to 
# randomly choose from
current_theme       default

# Lock file
lockfile            /var/lock/slim.lock

# Log file
logfile             /var/log/slim.log (doesn't contain anything useful)

2.

$ ck-list-sessions
Session2:
    unix-user = '1001'
    realname = '(null)'
    seat = 'Seat1'
    session-type = ''
    active = TRUE
    x11-display = ':0.0'
    x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
    display-device = ''
    remote-host-name = ''
    is-local = TRUE
    on-since = '2011-05-02T07:37:59.343950Z'
    login-session-id = '1'
Session1:
    unix-user = '1001'
    realname = '(null)'
    seat = 'Seat2'
    session-type = ''
    active = FALSE
    x11-display = ':0.0'
    x11-display-device = ''
    display-device = ''
    remote-host-name = ''
    is-local = TRUE
    on-since = '2011-05-02T07:37:58.783769Z'
    login-session-id = '1'

3. Here is what happens when I try to reboot with the .xinitrc file I published above - it freezes on console login screen:
youtube.com/watch?v=21NWeOvGwic]YouTube - DSCF4387

4. Here is what happens if I change the .xinitrc file to this:

#!/bin/sh
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session /home/juha/.xstart

and script file:

#!/bin/sh
pcmanfm --desktop &
compiz ccp &
sh -c "python2 -u /usr/share/screenlets/Radio/RadioScreenlet.py" &
sh -c "python2 -u /home/juha/.screenlets/NowCalendar/NowCalendarScreenlet.py" &
sh -c "python2 -u /usr/share/screenlets/Tomboy/TomboyScreenlet.py" &
sh -c "xbindkeys" &
sh -c "xfce4-volumed" &  
sh -c "sleep 5 && conky" &
emerald --replace &
cairo-dock

It won't even login:
youtube.com/watch?v=WzIjnbcocD4]YouTube - DSCF4385

Same thing happens if I remove SLIM and use manual console login/startx

Help!

[Rubberman]

Go into the BIOS and make sure you have ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management) enabled. That is necessary (usually) for power management to be functional. Also, make sure you are booting with ACPI enabled (or not disabled).

[Lockheed]

By 'enabled' do you mean module loaded?
I have thinkpad_acpi loaded (I run Thinkpad R61). Should I have anything else acpi-related?

[Lockheed]

So, I enabled all acpi-related modules with no positive result.
Also, my BIOS options are numerous for a laptop, but ACPI is not mentioned even once.

I will add reboot used to work on this system before I did a million things to make it more to my liking.

[Rubberman]

What kernel are you running?

[Lockheed]

Linux 2.6.38-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 3 07:40:34 CEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

I might add that shutdown/reboot/suspend don't work without sudo even though I did everything listed here:
wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Allow_Users_to_Shutdown

[Rubberman]

Ok. That's a very new kernel, and you are running 64-bits. So, with sudo, users can shut down the system? Can they shut it down from the login screen GUI?

[Lockheed]

As you can see from the youtube movies, I can't. It does shut down to the point where it freezes on console login.

[Rubberman]

As you can see from the youtube movies, I can't. It does shut down to the point where it freezes on console login.

YouTube movies? Huh? You are one post from being able to embed URLs in your postings, but you can put some judicious spaces to fool the system so I can see what you mean.

[Lockheed]

The links are in the first post but with some extra rubbish in them
youtube.com/watch?v=21NWeOvGwic
youtube.com/watch?v=WzIjnbcocD4