HOW do you turn off your Ubuntu boxes?

[Gerry Visel]

   YESSS!!!  That worked!   Thanx muchly!!!

Gerry

On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 13:13 +0000, John wrote:
> Bill Davidson wrote:
> > Maybe this forum thread will help. It seems you're not alone with this 
> > problem.
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=276642
> >
> > HTH,
> > Bill
> >
> > Gerry Visel wrote:
> >   
> >>    Since I upgraded to Edgy, my computer will not turn off when I "shut
> >> it down."  It goes to the Kubuntu desplash screen, walks across its
> >> progress bar, flashes a black screen, and then returns to the splash
> >> screen and sits.  No drive activity thereafter.  I have to hold the
> >> power switch down for five seconds to shut it down.
> >>
> >>    Dapper behaved properly and shut off the box after the desplash
> >> screen progress bar got to the end.  
> >>
> >>    Is there something I can do to get this behavior back?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Gerry
> >>     
> I tried the above method but it didn't work.
> 
> What I did come across was on the Ubutnu Forum (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=290713) which suggested adding 'apm power_off=1' in /etc/modules. This seems to have worked for me.
> 
> HTH
> 
> J
> 
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