Re: IBM T30 won't shut down.

From: Frank (fmkalf_at_-nospm-zonnet.nl)
Date: 12/16/03

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    edjlb wrote:

    >
    > Running Gentoo, 2.4.20-r9 kernel, on an IBM T30 Thinkpad. Whenever I
    > shutdown, the computer restarts. Whether I click the "Turn off
    > computer" option in the KDE logout applet, try "halt" or "shutdown -h now"
    > at the console, makes no matter. The screen shows "Power down" for a
    > second, then it reboots. I get only a restart. I tried looking at
    > /etc/inittab, /sbin/shutdown, but don't know what to look for, I guess.
    > The
    > BIOS doesn't seem to show anything related to shutdown. Kernel has the
    > APM
    > stuff enabled. apmd is running. I've also googled, but can find nothing
    > useful. Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
    >
    > --
    Somewhere in KDE system options I saw that there were several shutdown
    options :
    1. restart with new user
    2. restart xx operating system
    3. shutdown.
    (btw I have no APM installed yet)
    (btw2 : does your soundmax work ?)

    Greetings,

    Frank Kalf


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