[Resolved] - Re: [Gutsy] Can't Power Down

[NoOp]

On 12/13/2007 10:39 PM, NoOp wrote:
> Did an upgrade on an old HP XE744 desktop from Feisty to Gutsy & all was
> working pretty well. However on this particular machine I'd also
> previously had LAMP installed, various flavours of Kubuntu etc., all
> since removed. It seems that removal of the LAMP & K's didn't quite
> clean everything out so I decided to do a fresh install.
> 
> Install went well, got things configured as I wanted them & then I
> powered down... almost -- powering down no longer works. Hard drive
> shuts down but fan & power LED stays on, and the final Ubuntu splash
> remains on the screen. Only pushing the power button on the desktop
> completes the process. Reminds me of the old Windows "It is now safe to
> turn off your computer".
> Kernel is Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic.
> 
> Anyone have a similar problem or fix? I've been trying all the noacpi,
> acpi=force, noapm, etc., etc., but still can't figure out the problem.
> I'm thinking of loading Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-386 as that was
> the working one on the upgrade prior to the fresh reinstall.
> 
> 

Changing the kernel to Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-386 did the trick.
I wonder what might be the problem with the generic kernel that would
cause that particular problem. If I get some time tomorrow I'll sift
through the bug reports.