PC fans runs after dapper is halted.

[OOzy Pal]

On 5/12/06, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/12/06, OOzy Pal <oozypal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/12/06, Jyrki Pulliainen <jyrki.pulliainen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 5/12/06, OOzy Pal <oozypal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Has anyone experienced this problem?
> > > >
> > > > When I trun off my computer, Dapper goes through the shutdown sequence
> > > > and my LCD goes off but I can hear some fans are running? This problem
> > > > happened since I installed Dapper.
> > >
> > > Are you sure, that your fans or for example power doesn't have a 'cooldown'
> > > perioid after shutdown? Some powers tend to keep on after shutdown even
> > > though computer is otherwise powered off.
> >
> > Yes I am sure because this feature is not in of my power supply.
> > Moreover, this never happened before. I have this PC for almost a year
> > and I had WinXP and Breezy before and this never been a problem i.e.
> > the minute the WinXP or Breezy finished their shutdown sequence,
> > everything is off and no fans or noise.
>
> I had a similar issue with a system and filed a bug
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/39499  -- like me, you may
> have a minor kernel bug affecting your hardware.  After I filed my bug
> I noticed a page on the wiki
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelProblems so I went back and
> added the information it called for.
>
> You might try the workaround I noticed on mine -- add acpi=force to
> the kernel parameters and see if it makes the power work right.  You
> can do that temporarily and if it works, add it to grub's menu.lst
> line for your kernel. (Which will get blown away with the next major
> kernel update, so watch the updates carefully.)
>
> If your system is very similar to mine, just subscribe to it, but
> since you said "the LCD goes off" I'm wondering whether you have a
> laptop. Mine is a desktop system.
>
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Mine is a desktop too.

How can I add acpi=force in the kernel parameters.

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OOzy