Power Button not working - Lubuntu

[Lars Noodén]

On 9/5/12 11:18 PM, Yorvyk wrote:
> 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>>
>>
>>     On 30/08/12 22:33, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset wrote:
>>
>>         2012/8/30 hiro case <hirocase at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:hirocase at gmail.com> <mailto:hirocase at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:hirocase at gmail.com>>>
>>
>>
>>              Hello I am running Lubuntu 12.04 and on two seperate
>>         machines the
>>              power button does not work after a clean install.
>>
>>         <Snip>
>>
>>
>>
>>         Does not work on my Compaq Presario 1700 with Lubuntu 12.04
>> neither.
>>
>>
>>     Does the machine power off from the shutdown menu?
>>
>>
>> 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.
> 
What is the nature of the power button 'not working' ?  I ask because on
one machine the power button does not gracefully shut down the machine
when it is pressed.  Instead it sharply powers off the hardware.  Is
that the same error you have or a different one?

Regards
/Lars