Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:55:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:55:15 -0500 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:31445 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:55:07 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:54:46 +0100 From: David Weinehall To: bill davidsen Cc: romano@dea.icai.upco.es, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Power off NOT working, kernel 2.4.16 Message-ID: <20020117175446.P5235@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <3C45F45C.5000005@mbnet.fi> <20020117134753.4330b0b5.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <3C468109.3090401@mbnet.fi> <20020117102302.A19119@pern.dea.icai.upco.es> <200201171309.IAA01163@gatekeeper.tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <200201171309.IAA01163@gatekeeper.tmr.com>; from davidsen@tmr.com on Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 08:09:59AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 08:09:59AM -0500, bill davidsen wrote: > In article <20020117102302.A19119@pern.dea.icai.upco.es> you write: > | On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:45:13AM +0200, Joonas Koivunen wrote: > | > > | > Yes, it's there, and I have also tried poweroff, no effect, last text > | > line I see is 'Power down.' and the system is succefully halted, not > | > switched off. > | > | I have the same problem on my home box (Athlon with AMD mo-bo). RedHat > | compiled kernel _do_ poweroff (although with a flashing oops just before > | power goes off), but none of vanillas kernel can do it --- I tried with and > | without ACPI, with APM real-mode call, whatever. > > I've had that problem with my BP6 for so long I stopped complaining. > Time to start again, I guess. > > WHINE > > There, now I feel better ;-) Really annoying, though, to have to boot > NT just to turn the machine off. Ever tried holding the power-button for 3 seconds?! /David _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/