Re: 2.6 won't poweroff

Nico Sabbi
2004-05-25T08:59:24Z

Fred Labrosse wrote:

>Emma Jane Hogbin writes:
> > I have two big irritants for the 2.6.5/2.6.6 (patched for ACPI) kernels
> > with ACPI.
> >
> > 1. My computer no longer powers off. acpi_power_off is called, but the
> > computer doesn't actually turn itself off. In fact when I use
> > "poweroff" directly I get a message flashing across my screen saying:
> > syntax error on 658 of stdin
> >
>
>Sorry, no solution, but exactly the same problem with an Acer TM636
>(although I don't have any syntax error, only "power down").
>
>This is a really annoying problem, even dangerous for the laptop as it
>sometimes, randomly, "shuts down" because of the erratic temperature
>reading but doesn't power off so stays there, still powered, still heating
>but not cooling down (fan off)...
>
>I did try various combinations (APIC off, on, no compiled in, went back to
>2.4.26, 2.4.25-gentoo-r2, 2.6.4, 2.6.6-rc2(?)), to no avail. It used to
>work fine when I was running RH8 with (I think) 2.4.24 (I now run gentoo).
>
>Any suggestions would be more than appreciated.
>
>TIA,
>
>Fred
>
>
>
>

same unresolved problem; the only way to shut down my Abit motherboard
in this case is to use
AltGR-Sysrq-O, which first repeats for the second time "acpi_power_off
called" and then
finally shuts down the pc.

Is there a way to make poweroff *really* power-off ?

Thanks,
Nico