Re: shutdown

["s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com>]

Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net>:
>  Hello.  I'm using Debian Etch.  My machine does not completely shutdown
>  -- I'm required to manually press the button (it's like being back in

Check /var/log/messages for anything mentioning ACPI.  The kernel may
have decided your mboard is too old and has disabled that to be safe.
You can try enabling it with a boot prompt "acpi=force", but note this
may have other side effects (enabling powersaving & etc).


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