On Monday 22 August 2005 7:01 am, Hendra Gunardi wrote: > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 20 Aug 2005 14:26, Bryan Phinney wrote: > > Check your Lilo.conf load > > line and if you have acpi=ht currently, try removing it to see if > > that helps, or add acpi=off, etc. Normally, powerdown commands > > via software are handled by either APM or ACPI support. If one of > > those doesn't work on your system, try switching to the other. > > I had one box that behaved like that, and I had to set acpi=on, > surprisingly enough. I was told that there was no such setting, but > it's the only one that worked, and has been working like that for a > year or so. Moral - try every possible setting for acpi, even if > someone says it's impossible ;-) > > Anne
Thanks, Anne. I too have had the problem of 2005LE not switching off the machine. Adding acpi=on has cured it. I had already tried all the "possible" cures! Of all the distros I have tried, Mandriva2005LE is the only one which wouldn't switch the computer off. Cheers Keith
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