Power down after shutdown does not work...

[Mike Bird]

On Monday 29 May 2006 10:11, Joel Edwards wrote:
> On 5/28/06, Morgan Collett <morgan.collett at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A growing number of people, myself included, are complaining about
> > laptops not powering off after the "Will now halt" message.
> >
> >
> > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/439
> >61
> >
> > I know this is not data-loss-in-the-installer critical, but I think
> > it's quite important for rocking laptop support in dapper.
> >
> > I haven't seen any response on this bug since 10 May - can somebody
> > please check it out and let us know:
> >
> > * whether it's even filed against the correct package
> > * if it will be fixable in dapper
> > * if not, a workaround
> >
> > Note that this affects power off on hibernation too.
>
> I have had this problem since I installed Breezy Badger on my Thinkpad T21.
> Never had to worry about it on my desktop. 1/3 of the time it shuts down
> normally, but the other 2/3 I have to hold down the power button for the
> requisite 5 seconds to force shutdown. Not life threatening, but certainly
> an inconvenience.

You call up a colo to have a drive replaced in a headless server.  You
ssh in, shut it down, wait a few minutes, and then have to ask for a
monitor to be wheeled in to see whether there's a real problem or just
an Ubuntu poweroff failure.

Everybody is really impressed.  Not.

--Mike Bird