> > surely a bios bug, but windows knows the workaround... what a pity ;)) >
Yes. Windows is using ACPI for a long time already. Linux does not (reliably). -andrej > PAscal > Le Lundi 29 Juillet 2002 10:53, Borsenkow Andrej a �crit : > > > This is a kernel bug that was introduced in, I think, > > > 2.4.18 (stock kernel, not a Mandrake bug). I am > > > hoping this will be fixed in 2.4.19. > > > > Do you mean bug with specific MB vendor or bug with i815 in general? I > > assure you I have i815e based MB that has no problems to power down. I > > guess in this case we are facing BIOS bug, I have this with some BIOS > > versions on my MB (ASUS CUSL2). > > > > -andrej > > > > > --- Ron Stordahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I installed Mandrake 9.0 Beta 1 on an Intel D815EGEW > > > > mainboard w/1 GHz > > > > P-III. > > > > > > > > All is well except when attempting to power down all > > > > steps appear to be > > > > executed, the final line which appears, after doing > > > > Shutdown/Halt is 'Power > > > > down.' I can hear a small click coming from the > > > > machine, but it does not > > > > actually power down. > > > > > > > > I don't think it is a hardware problem as I have > > > > subsequently loaded Windows > > > > 2000 and Windows 98 on the same machine/disc and it > > > > powers down properly. > > > > > > > > Additionally I have tried 9.0 Beta 1 on an older > > > > Intel 810 based machine, it > > > > also fails to do the final power down. > > > > > > > > At this point the machine continues to have power > > > > applied but is > > > > unresponsive to keystrokes, except alt-ctrl-del, > > > > will do a complete reboot > > > > successfully. > > > > > > > > Ron Stordahl > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > > > http://health.yahoo.com
