Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 01:06, brian wrote: >> I've just upgraded to Mandrake 10.1 (downloaded via FTP) and while >> everything seemed to go OK on the installation, I notice something strange >> when shutting down. If I use logout | turn off computer, then the PC powe= > rs >> down within 5 seconds, and the next time I boot up, I get messages that t= > he >> system appears to have been shiut down uncleanly, and I need to check the >> drives. If I open a terminal window and run a shutdown -h as superuser, >> then everything happens as I was used to under 9.2, i.e. the whole process >> takes about 30-45 seconds, and going this route, I don't get any complain= > ts >> on next boot up. >> > Hi, Brian. I've not seen that problem with either 10.0 or 10.1, so I suspe= > ct=20 > it is a peculiarity of your system. Have you browsed the various files=20 > in /var/logs to see if there are any clues?
This may be linked to a logout trying to do a suspend. Maybe you have not a resume=/dev/hdX (swap partition in your boot cmdline). Or have a look at you BIOS and see if the poweroff button is configured as an ACPI command, you usually can switch from suspend to full shutdown. -- Warly
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