Re: shutdown won't shutdown
From: Derek \ (monkey_at_monkeynet.ca)
Date: 11/16/04
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To: jwyman <jwyman@personainternet.com> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:14:07 -0500
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 get unmounted, the swap gets deactivated, the network
> interfaces get deconfigured. In short, all the normal processes get
> "done". Then the screen says, Power Down, but power is still running
> through the PC. My mouse is still lit up, the cooling fan is still
> running, the monitor is still on, etc. If I was to hit ctl-alt-del, it
> would reboot. 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)
You need to enable the APC item in the kernel. The easiest way to do
this (and the only way I know) is to add an append line to your
lilo.conf file.
append="apc=on"
run lilo again and then reboot. Once you've done this you should be able
to shutdown and have the computer actually turn itself off.
-- o) Derek Wueppelmann (o (D . monkey@monkeynet.ca D). ((` http://www.monkeynet.ca/ ( ) `
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