Shutdown hangs at: "ACPI_power_off_called".

[Bill Stoye]

On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 23:18 +1000, Luke Yelavich wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 11:11:00PM EST, Bill Stoye wrote:
> > > > Is it possible that your computer doesn't support ACPI?
> > > > Maybe you should try APM.
> > 
> > How do I use APM? I added apm to '/etc/modules, it still won't shut
> > down; does upper or lower case matter? 
> > 
> > How do I deactivate ACPI?
> 
> Before you make it perminant, you need to try adding a command-line
> option to the kernel when it boots. You need to press Escape at boot-up,
> to bring up the grub boot menu. You need to then edit the boot line for
> the kernel you are booting, and add acpi=off to that line.

Boot hangs up when I add acpi=off. Forgotten, I had tried that a few
days ago, the symptoms are the same... I'm looking at a reinstall I'm
afraid; this has been going on for too long. It's just a nagging issue,
other wise has no effect on the operation that I can tell.

Thanks for your thoughts and help.
Bill

> 
> To make it perminant, you need to edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file and
> add the same command-line argument to the kernel line.
> 
> Luke
>