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Re: Power down not turning off power



i had the same problem on an IBM laptop when i forgot include some
of the ACPI stuff into the kernel. putting it in and rebuilding the kernel
solved the problem.

Tim


On Mo, 9.08.2004, 16:02, seehowyouare@spymac.com sagte:
>
> Dell i8500, Sarge with 2.4.25-1-386 kernel
>
> When I select Shut the computer down from the menu ,the laptops shuts
> everything
> down OK but does not turn the laptop off 100%. The final text says Power
> Down and
> I need to physically push the power button to turn the laptop off.
>
> I found a simlar thread (below) which seems to indicate it's a ACPI issue.
> None
> of the ACPI stuff seems to work on my Debian setup, for example no battery
> low
> warning - the laptop just dies ona flat battery. Using Fedora Core 2 ACPI
> and the
> power management stuff runs OK but I prefer Debian.
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2004/06/msg00175.html
>
> Any suggestions ?
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