Shut down (on a laptop)

[Henrik Nilsen Omma]

Matthew Garrett wrote:

>This is probably actually a bug - the machine should shut itself down
>automatically. Discussion on the ACPI mailing list suggests that having
>CONFIG_RTC enabled in the kernel breaks shutdown - CONFIG_GEN_RTC should
>give the same functionality without any problems. Is there anyone who
>can test this?
>
>  
>
My laptop, an inspiron 8000, also does not shut itself down 
automatically, but it does give a message telling me to power down 
(warty-6).

.henrik