Power Button not working - Lubuntu

[Yorvyk]

On 05/09/12 19:01, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset wrote:
> 2012/9/5 Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com
> <mailto:yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com>>
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>     On 30/08/12 22:33, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset wrote:
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>         2012/8/30 hiro case <hirocase at gmail.com
>         <mailto:hirocase at gmail.com> <mailto:hirocase at gmail.com
>         <mailto:hirocase at gmail.com>>>
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>              Hello I am running Lubuntu 12.04 and on two seperate
>         machines the
>              power button does not work after a clean install.
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>         <Snip>
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>         Does not work on my Compaq Presario 1700 with Lubuntu 12.04 neither.
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>     Does the machine power off from the shutdown menu?
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> The Compaq presario 1700 shuts down from the menu.
 >
Hmmm.
It still may be worth adding 'acpi=force' to the list of kernel 
parameters.  If that doesn't work try 'apm=off acpi=force'.  I may be 
barking up the wrong tree but I've found the above to cure quite a few 
shutdown & power button problems.