Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933317AbXJPNIz (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:08:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932307AbXJPNIn (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:08:43 -0400 Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.30]:36070 "EHLO smtp4-g19.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932141AbXJPNIm (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:08:42 -0400 Message-ID: <4714B7D7.7090005@free.fr> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:08:39 +0200 From: John Sigler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061108 SeaMonkey/1.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dick Johnson CC: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, robert.moore@intel.com, len.brown@intel.com Subject: Re: halt does not shut the system down References: <470A58AF.9080402@free.fr> <470C9731.6030200@free.fr> <470F4535.3050004@free.fr> <470F4F58.4080900@gmail.com> <470F7264.8070205@free.fr> <471342C8.2030305@free.fr> <4714979C.5010103@free.fr> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2782 Lines: 68 Dick Johnson wrote: > John Sigler wrote: > >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 >> >> Writing 15361 (i.e. 0x3C01) to ACPI_REGISTER_PM1A_CONTROL appears to >> hang my system in acpi_os_write_port(). What can I do about that? >> >> Another observation: if I connect a screen to the system's VGA port, >> when I call 'poweroff' the screen goes into power saving mode. This >> seems to indicate that the integrated video card is properly shut down. >> >> So the fans keep spinning, the LEDs keep shining, the LCD keeps >> displaying, but the video card is shut down? >> >> Might this help pinpoint the problem? > > Check the BIOS to see if the "Power Button" is configured to > shut the system down. Some BIOS configure APM to do what > the power button does! Here is the relevant BIOS menu. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup +=====================================================+ | ACPI Function [Enabled] | | MODEM Use IRQ [NA] | | Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN [Instant-Off] | | CPU THRM-Throttling [50.0%] | | Resume by Alarm [Disabled] | | x Date(of Month) Alarm 0 | | x Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 : 0 : 0 | | | | ** Reload Global Timer Events ** | | Primary IDE 0 [Disabled] | | Primary IDE 1 [Disabled] | | Secondary IDE 0 [Disabled] | | Secondary IDE 1 [Disabled] | | FDD,COM,LPT Port [Disabled] | | PCI PIRQ[A-D]# [Disabled] | | | +=====================================================+ +===================================+ | Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN | |-----------------------------------| | Instant-Off ..... [v] | | Delay 4 Sec. ..... [ ] | | | |-----------------------------------| | ^V:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort | +===================================+ 'Instant-Off' is the appropriate setting, right? In a different menu, there are two other (relevant?) options: PWRON After PWR-Fail [On] Watch Dog Timer Select [Disabled] Regards. - 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/