Re: Getting "shutdown" to shut the power off.

[jano kupec <jkupec@zoznam.sk>]

Try disabling all the options in APM submenu in kernel configuration. 
This works for me with 2.6.9 kernel and worked also with others before.

Adam Funk wrote:

> Hardware: ASRock K7S8X motherboard, Athlon 1100 processor.
> Kernels: all the ones I've tried on this machine.
>
> Problem: shutting down ends with the message "Power down" but I have to
> cut the power off manually.
>
> I've tried booting with "apc=on" and "apm=power-off" kernel options, but
> they didn't help.  I find this message recurring in /var/log/messages:
> Jan 23 18:24:04 garcia kernel: apm: BIOS not found.
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
>