I have apparently hidden this bug (temporarily) using the workaround suggested in http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=42873 and mentioned by piero: Added "acpi=force" to the first kernel line in boot/grub/menu.lst so that it reads:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash acpi=force After rebooting, my Toshiba Tecra 8100 (PIII, 600MHz, 320MB RAM) powers off correctly. -- Power down after shutdown does not work... https://launchpad.net/bugs/43961 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ acpi-bugzilla mailing list acpi-bugzilla@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-bugzilla