Usually this problem is a lack of apm/acpi in the kernel. If you're compiling your own, its often easy to overlook it. If you're using a precompiled version then its most likely you've forgotten to load the modules.
By the weird name of the kernel you gave, I'm guessing precompiled, and its likely that the non-smp version has power management built in by default. Try adding acpi and apm to /etc/modules and see if that fixes it. Personally I'm using acpi in the kernel, and acpid so I can just hit the power button and have it shut down nicely and turn off (apm was always flakey for me) Regards, Sascha On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 22:28, Chris Hellyar wrote: > Hi-ho folks.. > > Trivia question.. > > I've just upgraded my workstation at work and the damn thing doesn't > shut down.. It get's to 'Power Down' and sit's there like a stuck > pud... > > It's got RH 9 on it, kernel 2.4.20-18.9 i686, smp. If I boot up under > 2.4.20-9 non smp from the install it does shut down, so I'm assuming > it's the smp kernel that causes the lack of shutdown. > > Not a big deal, as I can just hang around for 20 seconds and hit the > power button to turn it off, but I was wondering if anyone knows if it's > an smp symptom. > > Cheers, Me. -- Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
