Re: shutdown won't shutdown

2004-11-17 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
> So what I have to do is unplug the PC which is tedious at > best. I haven't the slightest clue how to fix this one. Any help is > greatly appreciated. Thanks > (using sarge, ker 2.4) try holding your power button down for 5-7 seconds instead of unplugging your power cord. -matt zagrabeln

Re: shutdown won't shutdown

2004-11-16 Thread Robert Storey
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:08:32 -0500 jwyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. Nothing will seem to poweroff my PC. I have tried various > commands, all with the same results. shutdown -h now > powerdown > halt > $ su -c '/sbin/halt' Try passing this option to the kernel: apm=power-off You d

Re: shutdown won't shutdown

2004-11-16 Thread Robert Vangel
You can also try loading the APM module (older, but it's the first thing I load whem I'm installing). I had this problem the first few times I installed and was going out of my mind. jwyman wrote: Hi. Nothing will seem to poweroff my PC. I have tried various commands, all with the same resul

shutdown won't shutdown

2004-11-16 Thread Paul Dufresne
I'm using grub instead of lilo. Do I append="apc=on" in the menu.lst file? And where specifically in the file do i add this? Wow, a question on this list that I know the answer. Guess I should answer fast before somenone else do. :-) Here is a part of my /boot/grub/menu.lst file: title

Re: shutdown won't shutdown

2004-11-16 Thread jwyman
jwyman wrote: Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: Hi On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 09:08:32AM -0500, jwyman wrote: Hi. Nothing will seem to poweroff my PC. I have tried various commands, all with the same results. shutdown -h now powerdown halt $ su -c '/sbin/halt' Here's what happens. Everything happens

Re: shutdown won't shutdown

2004-11-16 Thread jwyman
jwyman wrote: Derek "The Monkey" Wueppelmann wrote: On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 09:08, jwyman wrote: Hi. Nothing will seem to poweroff my PC. I have tried various commands, all with the same results. shutdown -h now powerdown halt $ su -c '/sbin/halt' Here's what happens. Everything happens as it

Re: shutdown won't shutdown

2004-11-16 Thread Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann
On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 09:08, jwyman wrote: > Hi. Nothing will seem to poweroff my PC. I have tried various > commands, all with the same results. shutdown -h now > powerdown > halt > $ su -c '/sbin/halt' > Here's what happens. Everything happens as it should, meaning, the > local filesystems

shutdown won't shutdown

2004-11-16 Thread jwyman
Hi. Nothing will seem to poweroff my PC. I have tried various commands, all with the same results. shutdown -h now powerdown halt $ su -c '/sbin/halt' Here's what happens. Everything happens as it should, meaning, the local filesystems get unmounted, the swap gets deactivated, the network i