Thanks, I'll try that, and in fact, my mobo is also a Gigabyte. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cannot fully shutdown
> > Blood Slap wrote: > > > > I have an atx mobo, so in windows, when shutting down, the pc will turn > > itself off. In linux however, when I shut it down, it seems to attempt to > > shut it off, but I get a large error message, where it then just stops. I > > will post any relevant data from the error message shortly. > > Sometimes, on some MB's, you have to go into /etc/rc.d/init.d and edit the file > "halt". > > Go to the line (close to the bottom) that says: > > "HALTARGS="-i -d -p" > > and make it: > > "HALTARGS="-i -d" > > Thats what I had to do on a Gigabyte MB I used to use... Hope this helps! ;-) > > PS Oh-this won't make it shut down completely, but it will stop at a point > where you will know to just turn your machine off, without doing any harm. > > -- > > /\ > Dark><Lord > \/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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