ubuntu doesn't shut down

[Ed Fletcher]

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renaaj at optonline.net wrote:
|>renaaj at optonline.net wrote:
|>| Anyone have an idea on this?  I installed ubuntu again and
|>| yet again the act of selecting shutdown from ubuntu (1)
|>| doesn't power down the laptop, (2) it renders the laptop's
|>| power button useless, and (3) I have to take the battery of
|>| the laptop in order to turn it off.
|>
|>Are you holding the power button down for eight seconds?
|>
| i didn't expect a repsonse like that.  Yes it did work when I
| tried your suggestion, but.... does this mean that Ubuntu doesn't
| have the ability to shut down a computer?  Tell me thats not true.

I was concerned by the thought that Ubuntu "renders the power button
useless".  So I wanted to clear that up.

There are two types of power management.  One is ACPI and the other is
APM.  (And PMU also, but only on Apple.)

http://tuxmobil.org/apm_linux.html

Which one you need depends on which laptop you have.  My Compaq N800c
uses ACPI.  With Ubuntu (Hoary) it shuts down gracefully.  And gives me
a battery status indicator in the top panel.  Doesn't hibernate, though.

What kind of laptop are you installing Ubuntu on?  And are you using
Hoary or Breezy?

Ed
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless,
whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism
or the holy name of liberty or democracy?  -  Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

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