Power-down

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Tue, 07 Aug 2007, alan c wrote:

> This is possible, perhaps. I did not take any special acpi action, and 
> it is an old machine PIII 500 MHx with two memory slots 'Time' brand 
> and probably as cheap as chips (fish type).
> 
> It does appear to complete the shutdown sequence, and the splash 
> screen appears and the progress bar completes, but subsequently the 
> machine continues the display staying on.

That's exactly what I'd expect from an acpi support issue.  My Dad has a
400Mhz PII which does exactly the same thing with windows 2000.

> thanks I will try that, for interest

I'd be almost certain it won't solve your issue but feel free to.

Actually, on a machine of that era, you might be better off trying apm (the
old power management stuff) instead of acpi.  To experiment, you could do

	lsmod | grep acpi

and remove those modules which are acpi related, then:

	modprobe apm

and try shutting down.

Gavin