isolinux vs grub - proper shutdown

[Frank McCormick]

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On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:55:33 +0200
Stanley Debono <stanleydebono at gmail.com> wrote:

> The desktop CD shutsdown and turns off my PC properly wheras the
> installed Ubuntu Dapper halts the system by fails to power down.  What
> should I look for in order to ensure that my PC shutsdown properly?
> 
> Is it to do with ACPI calls to the kernel in Grub?
> 
> Note: It reboots ok, it is shutdown which does not occur.



  I don't know how old your machine is but in my case loading the APM module
from rc.local did the job. ACPI on my machine never worked properly.


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Cheers

Frank

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