Re: won't shut down: "acpi_power_off called"

On Sunday 18 April 2004 12:25 am, you wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2004 01:12 pm, David Baron wrote: > > I had a non-shutdown problem as well. I could tap the power switch and > > get some "suspend" messages and then a real shutdown, but not automatic. > > The thing used to work. > > > > Somewhere

Re: won't shut down: "acpi_power_off called"

I had a non-shutdown problem as well. I could tap the power switch and get some "suspend" messages and then a real shutdown, but not automatic. The thing used to work. Somewhere along the line I commented out the following line in /etc/modules: apm power_off=1 Restoring that line, the computer

Re: won't shut down: "acpi_power_off called"

My system periodically does this too; it's a Sony PCG-TR2 with ACPI and no APM bios. Every one out of ten shutdowns, the system halts and just sits there with that message. I'm pretty sure it's a kernel bug since ACPI is still flaky. The kernel I'm using is 2.6.5. You might want to check out

won't shut down: "acpi_power_off called"

Debian testing, kernel-2.6.3-1-686-smp, pentium 4, @3.0Ghz-- When I go to turn off the machine, it goes through all the screen messages as usual, but won't turn off. (Need to hold in power switch for 5 seconds to turn off.) The last two lines of messages are here: Power down. acpi_power_off call