-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Carlson wrote: >> #1. Hp Pavilion 533 MHz running kubuntu. All runs great except for >> shutdown. It shuts down but the logo stay's on the screen and I still need >> to press and hold the on/off button to get it to power off. What might be >> missing from the script and how do I change it. > > This happens on some hardware for me. There is no harm to the system > by just holding down the power button to shut it off. If it is really > bugging you, there are a few things you can try. > > Last post here: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=776036&page=3 > "I had the same problem with Kubuntu 8.10, > In the System Settings, Go to advanced->login manager, in that go to > the ShutDown tab. > > For Halt, give the command :/sbin/shutdown -P > This will enable shutdown." > > This may also be an issue with APM (the issue being it may not be > enabled since your hardware is so much older than the OS, and I think > new hardware uses ACPI.) > Yes it is likely a buggy BIOS (ACPI is sketchy on older machines). There are a couple of work arounds if the shutdown thing does not work. I am curious to see if sudo shutdown -P works. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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