Margot wrote:
Kaj Haulrich wrote:
On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote:
I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not actually switch the computer off.
If I remember correctly, there is something to change in the lilo.conf file, but I can't remember what it is - not having needed it before.
Please, what is it?
Many thanks
Keith
In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, especially the apic thing. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or noapic.
HTH Kaj Haulrich.
Kaj, I think you're mixing up apic and acpi!
The options for apic include noapic and/or nolapic. The options for acpi include acpi=on, acpi=off and acpi=ht.
There doesn't seem to be any "magic formula" for which combinations of these options will work - it seems to be just a case of trial and error until you hit the particular combination that will give you a clean shutdown.
Keith, if you still have problems after checking all possible combinations of apic & acpi, you might need to try a different kernel.
Thanks Margot.
Sometime, I must find out the difference between apic and apci - I thought they were almost the same!
But, at the moment, Tom's reply has made me very depressed to find out that my new computer is no good!
I don't think that it can be the kernel, as everything closed down OK on my old machine.
Cheers
Keith
Keith,
Don't get too depressed! Tom's a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to hardware - and he's saved me a lot of heartache on many occasions - but if everything else is working for you except the shutdown, then your new computer is probably fine. Just experiment a bit with the apic & acpi options in the kernel append line, and you'll probably find some combination that works - it just might take a few shutdown/reboots to hit the ideal mix!
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Regards
Margot
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