Bug#288712: kernel-image-2.4.27-1-686: power off button on dell d800 does not work anymore

[San Vu-Ngoc <san.vu-ngoc@laposte.net>]

Package: kernel-image-2.4.27-1-686
Version: 2.4.27-6
Severity: important


I have just upgraded the kernel image for linux 2.4.27 and now I
cannot halt my notebook d800: the power-off button does not respond.
Before the upgrade the computer would not automatically swith off, (I
know I have to switch to kernel 2.6 for this, but I don't want to for
other reasons), but still I could finally switch it off using the
button.

Now the only tricks I know for switching the power off is to unplug
the AC and remove the battery... or restart with CTRL-ALT-DEL (which
works) and then immediately use the power button (which would work
then). But this is bad ! And it forces the BIOS to do a longer check
up at the next reboot.

Any help appreciated.

Best regards
San

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.4.27-1-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  fileutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU file management utilities 
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.74     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  modutils                      2.4.26-1.2 Linux module utilities

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