From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Byron Hillis Subject: RE: acpi_power_off doesn't Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:04:07 +1000 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: the.metric@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:46276 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932454AbWEQHFD (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 03:05:03 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FgG5e-0001vS-FT for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 09:05:02 +0200 Received: from r220-101-78-70.cpe.unwired.net.au ([220.101.78.70]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 09:05:02 +0200 Received: from the.metric by r220-101-78-70.cpe.unwired.net.au with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 09:05:02 +0200 Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Brown, Len wrote: >>>> Sometimes when I run 'halt' my PC does not go off. Last >>>> words are >>>> >>>> acpi_power_off called >>>> >>>> But the PC stays on. >>>> >>>> What is the story here? I've seen this problem come up >>>> several times, but without solution, as it seems. Any >>>> hint would be very helpfull. >>> I can second that this happens here as well. I've tried removing all modules that I can think of and for some reason, it sometimes won't shutdown. Strangely though, when I use suspend2 patches and hibernate the machine, it successfully powers down when I hibernate, but still won't shutdown regularly using shutdown -h now. This is with a 2.6.16 kernel on a laptop with an Intel ICH6 board. Byron