Fred McKinney wrote:
> This computer was also exhibiting this weird behavior with its previous
> operating system, Windows 98, so obviously this is a hardware problem.
> If it's any help, it's a Compaq Presario. Does anyone have any ideas as
> to what could possibly be happening here?
It could be that the hardware is too old to support software poweroff.
It's possible that one needs to pass a parameter to the kernel at
boot up. Have a browse through the linux-latops page for what other
people have done:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/compaq.html
Be sure to let us know what you discover.
Regards,
- Robert
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