Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751537AbWEPGix (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 02:38:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751540AbWEPGiw (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 02:38:52 -0400 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:49790 "EHLO azsmga101-1.ch.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751535AbWEPGiv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 02:38:51 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.05,132,1146466800"; d="scan'208"; a="37012346:sNHT15724254" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: acpi_power_off doesn't Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 02:38:47 -0400 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: acpi_power_off doesn't Thread-Index: AcZ4p3j3Y5ejkm3hSpKNCwTMw8KrWgAC3Zyw From: "Brown, Len" To: "Harald Dunkel" Cc: , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 May 2006 06:38:48.0505 (UTC) FILETIME=[632D9A90:01C678B3] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1478 Lines: 43 >>> Sometimes when I run 'halt' my PC does not go off. Last >>> words are >>> >>> acpi_power_off called >>> >>> But the PC stays on. >>> >>> What is the story here? I've seen this problem come up >>> several times, but without solution, as it seems. Any >>> hint would be very helpfull. >> >> Does this happen all the time, or just some of the time? >> Has this always failed on box X, or did it used to >> work in some release Y, and broke in some release Z? >> >> Please supply X, Y, Z. >The problem does not exist, if I boot my PC and then >halt it immediately. If I login and use it for some >time, then acpi_power_off does not work. > >Box 'X' is an Aopen MZ-915M, CPU is a 2 GHz Pentium >M. It is running Debian Sid, kernel is vanilla > >Linux bugs 2.6.17-rc4 #1 PREEMPT Sat May 13 16:22:54 CEST 2006 >i686 GNU/Linux > >Old kernels don't work on this PC due to missing >hardware support. The first vanilla kernel that worked >reliably on this box (except for acpi_power_off) was 2.6.16. If you append a "3" to the cmdline and boot without a GUI, does the system still halt properly (even after you log in and use it for a while)? There may be some interaction between X and the video hardware and system shutdown. -Len - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/