My laptop running 2.4 on Mandrake powers off, but my desktop PC at work
running Red Hat with a RH 2.4 kernel does not. So I assume this is not a
Mandrake problem but a genuine kernel problem.
Owen
On Saturday 07 April 2001 3:42 pm, you wrote:
> On 7 Apr 2001, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
> > Andrej Borsenkow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Running kernel-2.4.3-8mdk + initscripts-5.78-3mdk I again have the
> > > strange problem - power is not completely switched off. Hardware - ASUS
> > > CUSL2 motherboard, i815e chipset, 1006a ACPI BIOS. System is configured
> > > for Suspend to RAM and wake up on keyboard/ mouse *button press*. This
> > > works nicely in Windows. What happens under Linux after init 0 is -
> > > system seems to be switched off but as soon as I just *move* mouse it
> > > is switched on again.
> > >
> > > Anybody had the same problem? I had it time to time with different
> > > versions of 2.4.x cooker kernels. I have no idea what can cause it. Any
> > > debugging I can do?
> >
> > what if you add the option :
> >
> > real-mode-poweroff
> >
> > to the lilo/grub ?
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hdb5
> append=" hdd=ide-scsi ide1=autotune ide0=autotune
> apm=real-mode-poweroff" vga=788
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
>
> I cannot switch the system off at all. The last message I see is "Power
> off" and system hangs. Even Ctrl-Alt-Del does not work - only reset
> button.
>
> There was no problem with Mdk7.2 kernel (2.2.17), so it must be something
> in 2.4.x line. It came in 2.4.2 I believe (but do not take too seriously)
> - at least, the first several 2.4.x cooker kernels did not have this
> problem.
>
> -andrej
