Re: shutdown problem : acpi_power_off freeze
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 11:32:45PM +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote: I'm using 2.6.18-5-686 Do you reckon I should upgrade ? If you are running stable you could try a newer kernel from backports.org Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: shutdown problem : acpi_power_off freeze
On Friday 09 November 2007 09:36, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 11:32:45PM +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote: I'm using 2.6.18-5-686 Do you reckon I should upgrade ? If you are running stable you could try a newer kernel from backports.org Regards, Andrei Indeed it works fine as I installed kernel 2.6.22 (from backports.org as I'm running stable) Thanks to all for your attention. Bye, Bruno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: shutdown problem : acpi_power_off freeze
On Wednesday 07 November 2007 19:54, Giorgos Pallas wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 12:28:09PM +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote: Hello to all, when I shutdown my computer it doesn't turn off but freeze with the message 'acpi_power_off called'. However the shutdown was working before I re-config my ALSA sounds (via alsaconf) and indeed I have a vague remember reading something in the past like acpi has / have some problems with alsa which might block a complete shutdown like in my case. In order to pinpoint the problem you could remove the alsa modules first. Regards, Andrei Strange. I had exactly the same problem and I found out it was the intel sound modules... So I wrote a simple /etc/init.d/ script which unloaded them just before the shutdown. The strange thing is that after a pretty recent kernel upgrade, I found that that was fixed, so I deleted my custom script. Are you using an old kernel? (I am now using the 2.6.22-2-686). Giorgos I'm using 2.6.18-5-686 Do you reckon I should upgrade ? Bye, Bruno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: shutdown problem : acpi_power_off freeze
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 12:28:09PM +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote: Hello to all, when I shutdown my computer it doesn't turn off but freeze with the message 'acpi_power_off called'. However the shutdown was working before I re-config my ALSA sounds (via alsaconf) and indeed I have a vague remember reading something in the past like acpi has / have some problems with alsa which might block a complete shutdown like in my case. In order to pinpoint the problem you could remove the alsa modules first. Regards, Andrei Strange. I had exactly the same problem and I found out it was the intel sound modules... So I wrote a simple /etc/init.d/ script which unloaded them just before the shutdown. The strange thing is that after a pretty recent kernel upgrade, I found that that was fixed, so I deleted my custom script. Are you using an old kernel? (I am now using the 2.6.22-2-686). Giorgos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: shutdown problem : acpi_power_off freeze
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 12:28:09PM +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote: Hello to all, when I shutdown my computer it doesn't turn off but freeze with the message 'acpi_power_off called'. However the shutdown was working before I re-config my ALSA sounds (via alsaconf) and indeed I have a vague remember reading something in the past like acpi has / have some problems with alsa which might block a complete shutdown like in my case. In order to pinpoint the problem you could remove the alsa modules first. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
