<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> GavinX wrote: <blockquote cite="midGavinX.1tjz4o@gs1.ubuntuforums.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Harry Wert Wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I am currently using Ubuntu with my IBM Thinkpad T41 which works beautifully as far as Ubuntu is concerned. I have a minor annoyance which I wonder if others have experienced concerning failure to turn all the way Off when exercising the Shutdown command. I have done the usual experimentation with Bios options - none of which have had any effect. I have not been able to figure out how to isolate the problem between Unbuntu or the Laptop itself. The laptop is dual boot Windows Xp and Linux and shuts down correcly under Windows. Any pointers would be appreciated. This is not a high priority item, just a nuisance </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Follow the instructions given in this post: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=55515">http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=55515</a> Cheers, GavinX </pre> </blockquote> Thank you one and all for your help and advice. Adding acpi=off to /boot/grub/menu.1st kernel entry solved the problem. Again thank you for your valuable time. Harry Wert Physicist </body> </html>