On 23 Nov 2002 21:09:25 -0500, "Nelson Bartley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>said: >Well if shutdown -h now isn't shutting it down then you most likely >don't have a problem with your linux install. At this point I would >suggest checking your BIOS for power off options, as well as seeing what >the current power save options are at. Check your ACPI options in your >BIOS as well. You will find that XP can shutdown a great many systems >that would not normally shutdown on their own, however linux can >sometimes get hung up little bios glitches. > >As an aside, try updating your bios as well. Might fix the issue.
Since everything else works and since the errata that I can see for updates does not address any powerdown issues, I am loathe to do this. But it is an option of last resort and I did download the update just in case. > >Gizmo > >On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 20:53, Matthew O. Persico wrote: >> On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 01:42:54 +0000, "Paul Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>said: >> >What about: >> >shutdown -h now >> >? >> >Paul >> > >> Nope. It still stops at >> >> Power down >> >> and does not shutoff. That's why I thought /sbin/poweroff was the answer. It ain't. >> >> >On Sunday 24 November 2002 01:27 am, Matthew O. Persico wrote: >> >> I have a Pentium4 box that used to hold XP. When XP shut down, it turned >> >> the box off. I moved XP to another box and installed Mandrake. When I >> >> execute >> >> >> >> poweroff >> >> >> >> as root, the os is stopped and the last thing the console says is >> >> >> >> Power down >> >> >> >> but the power does not go off. Since it worked under XP, I am assuming it's >> >> not hardware. Does anyone have an idea as to what rpms am I missing or what >> >> config file is mis-configed :-) >> >> >> >> Thanks >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- >> Matthew O. Persico >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >-- >Nelson Bartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- Matthew O. Persico
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