Re: [newbie] laptop won't shut down completley
On June 3, 2004 17:10, Walt Frampus wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 3077wm duel booting winxp and Mandrake 10 official. When I went to shut it down, everything did so normally. A while later, I noticed a light on the laptop was lit and realized that Mandrake rebooted again so I shut it down a second time. I checked it a while later and found the screen blank but when I hit the enter button, mandrake was still running. I had to reboot into windows (which I never use) to get the laptop to shut down. I turned off all the power controls and still have the problem. My desktop shuts down with no problem. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just a version 10 problem? I didn't have this problem with 9.2. Walt My desktop computer (an ancient Dell) won't power down properly. It goes through the whole shutdown process, but the power stays on. Worse, although I can hit the reset button to reboot, the power switch doesn't work! Apparently, it's not a real (physical) power switch, it just sends a signal to shut the power off, but Linux doesn't recognize this signal (or something like that; it worked with Windoze, so I'm just guessing here). If I want to power off, I have to actually pull the power plug! Fortunately, I don't power off very often (usually only during lightning storms or vacations), so I haven't bothered trying to fix it. -- Ron Hunter-Duvar ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] laptop won't shut down completley
Try holding the power button down for over 8 seconds and see if it shuts down. I've yet to come across a Dell that this didn't work for Ed Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On June 3, 2004 17:10, Walt Frampus wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 3077wm duel booting winxp and Mandrake 10 official. When I went to shut it down, everything did so normally. A while later, I noticed a light on the laptop was lit and realized that Mandrake rebooted again so I shut it down a second time. I checked it a while later and found the screen blank but when I hit the enter button, mandrake was still running. I had to reboot into windows (which I never use) to get the laptop to shut down. I turned off all the power controls and still have the problem. My desktop shuts down with no problem. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just a version 10 problem? I didn't have this problem with 9.2. Walt My desktop computer (an ancient Dell) won't power down properly. It goes through the whole shutdown process, but the power stays on. Worse, although I can hit the reset button to reboot, the power switch doesn't work! Apparently, it's not a real (physical) power switch, it just sends a signal to shut the power off, but Linux doesn't recognize this signal (or something like that; it worked with Windoze, so I'm just guessing here). If I want to power off, I have to actually pull the power plug! Fortunately, I don't power off very often (usually only during lightning storms or vacations), so I haven't bothered trying to fix it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] laptop won't shut down completley
I have a Compaq Presario 3077wm duel booting winxp and Mandrake 10 official. When I went to shut it down, everything did so normally. A while later, I noticed a light on the laptop was lit and realized that Mandrake rebooted again so I shut it down a second time. I checked it a while later and found the screen blank but when I hit the enter button, mandrake was still running. I had to reboot into windows (which I never use) to get the laptop to shut down. I turned off all the power controls and still have the problem. My desktop shuts down with no problem. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just a version 10 problem? I didn't have this problem with 9.2. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] laptop won't shut down completley
On Thursday 03 June 2004 06:10 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 3077wm duel booting winxp and Mandrake 10 official. When I went to shut it down, everything did so normally. A while later, I noticed a light on the laptop was lit and realized that Mandrake rebooted again so I shut it down a second time. I checked it a while later and found the screen blank but when I hit the enter button, mandrake was still running. I had to reboot into windows (which I never use) to get the laptop to shut down. I turned off all the power controls and still have the problem. My desktop shuts down with no problem. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just a version 10 problem? I didn't have this problem with 9.2. Walt I have a Presario 1700T which will go to power down and sit. I have to hold the button down for 4 secs to power off. I believe it is a function of the mobo and you may have to disable ACPI or APM. Not sure, what about anyone else? Dennis M. Linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] laptop won't shut down completley
Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 03 June 2004 06:10 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 3077wm duel booting winxp and Mandrake 10 official. When I went to shut it down, everything did so normally. A while later, I noticed a light on the laptop was lit and realized that Mandrake rebooted again so I shut it down a second time. I checked it a while later and found the screen blank but when I hit the enter button, mandrake was still running. I had to reboot into windows (which I never use) to get the laptop to shut down. I turned off all the power controls and still have the problem. My desktop shuts down with no problem. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just a version 10 problem? I didn't have this problem with 9.2. Walt I have a Presario 1700T which will go to power down and sit. I have to hold the button down for 4 secs to power off. I believe it is a function of the mobo and you may have to disable ACPI or APM. Not sure, what about anyone else? Dennis M. Linux user #180842 No problems with shutdown here (now, anyway, though there were before the 2.6.x series of kernels) running 10CE (now 10.1 Cooker) on this Compaq Presario 2175US. Previously, I'd sit at Power Down, as well. Kernel is 2.6.3-9 (though it worked with earlier in the 2.6 series, too), and have Enable ACPI and Force No Local APIC (nolapic in lilo) checked in the boot loader GUI. (If that works for you with respect to shutdown, maybe you can figure out how to get my 3D/OpenGL running ... or a functional Shockwave plug-in for my Mozilla Firefox. :-) Those are _my_ annoyances right now. LOL.) :) -- Chuck MATTSEN / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Mahnomen, MN / RLU #346519 Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-9mdk 18:30:00 up 1:58, 2 users, load average: 0.98, 0.34, 0.17 Random Thought/Quote for this Message: Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first and the lesson afterward. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] laptop won't shut down completley
On Thursday 03 June 2004 07:27 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 03 June 2004 06:10 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 3077wm duel booting winxp and Mandrake 10 official. When I went to shut it down, everything did so normally. A while later, I noticed a light on the laptop was lit and realized that Mandrake rebooted again so I shut it down a second time. I checked it a while later and found the screen blank but when I hit the enter button, mandrake was still running. I had to reboot into windows (which I never use) to get the laptop to shut down. I turned off all the power controls and still have the problem. My desktop shuts down with no problem. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just a version 10 problem? I didn't have this problem with 9.2. Walt I have a Presario 1700T which will go to power down and sit. I have to hold the button down for 4 secs to power off. I believe it is a function of the mobo and you may have to disable ACPI or APM. Not sure, what about anyone else? Starting your kernel with the nolapic parameter should stop this behavior. Add it to the append line in /etc/lilo.conf and then run lilo as root. After next reboot, the shutdown should work properly. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
