2.2.17 -- can't power-down on halt?

I have Linux RH 6.2 installed, Soyo motherboard, Athlon K7. When using the kernel that came with the distro (2.2.14-5.0), the "shutdown -h" commend worked correctly, causing the computer to power down after exiting Linux. But when I compiled myself a 2.2.17 kernel, it didn't work anymore (it

2.2.17 -- can't power-down on halt?

I have Linux RH 6.2 installed, Soyo motherboard, Athlon K7. When using the kernel that came with the distro (2.2.14-5.0), the "shutdown -h" commend worked correctly, causing the computer to power down after exiting Linux. But when I compiled myself a 2.2.17 kernel, it didn't work anymore (it