Re: 2.6 won't poweroff

Emma Jane Hogbin
2004-05-26T04:32:52Z

On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 09:14:47AM +0100, 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
>
> 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).

I turned CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y to =n and I still can't shut down
properly. I'm not sure why it did work in 2.4.22 but doesn't now. :(

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