[SOLVED] Re: 6.10 not shutting power off

[John]

Wei-Yee Chan wrote:
> Does this happen all the time?  Check if this is your problem:
>
> http://chanweiyee.blogspot.com/2006/10/ubuntu-shutdown-woes.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Wei-Yee Chan
> http://chanweiyee.blogspot.com
>
> John wrote:
>   
>> I'm a recent convert to Ubuntu and have installed 6.10 on my (rather 
>> ancient, in computer years) Dell Inspiron laptop.
>>
>> Whereas all previous operating systems, including SuSE 10.0, have 
>> shutdown and swithced off the power, U6.10 does not.
>>
>> I've tried a live U6.06 and this works fine.
>>
>> What's happened in 6.10 and how can I put the matter right?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> John
>>
>>   
>>     
>
>   
Thanks for the suggestion but I'm afraid this didn't work for my pc.

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 so 
I'm sorted for now.

Thanks to all for your help

J