[sam397]

(5th Dec, 2013 07:13 PM)mk01 Wrote:  sam397,

normally no network connection doesn't matter as standard devices have RTC. but RPI does not. RPI without internet (or local ntp server)

will always start at 1/1/1970.

you CAN"T imagine how terrible things can happen due a simple fact nobody (app programmer, system programmer) is expecting - numbers going

backwards. or small break (1s) which will never occur.

just wan't to say, system as software will work of course but sqlite db, maintenance on it and possible other could have undesired

endings.

Thank you for your good explanation. I wasn't aware of the need for correct time, but it makes sense

As you requested I installed package 'xbian-update_1.0.2-11_armhf.deb' from here (xbian-update_1.0.2-11a_armhf.deb was not available, got a 404 - not found). Installation succeeded. In xbmc when i select "Power off System" xbmc exits and i get to 'login xbian:'. This is fine because now the described problem does not occure any more. As I described in my earlier post it seems the problem occurres only once I selected "Power off System" from the xbian menu and then a progressbar appears and shows "shutting down..." and finally "system halted."

So for me the problem is solved. And since my scenario seems to be a little bit "special" (at least no other one has reported this behaviour) we don't have to go into more details on that.

Last question: What is the recommended way to power off xbian?
a) power off the Pi while on the xbmc home screen
b) power off the Pi while on the "login xbian:" screen
c) shutdown the operating system then power off the Pi