[PLUG] no power off after shut down

[Pranav Peshwe]

On Feb 5, 2008 5:13 AM, bp <bhaskara_p at vsnl.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have installed mandriva 2008 on p4 pc. I checked that acpi service is
> on.
> Also acpid is running.
>
> When I shut down  the  machine, it halts but  do not power off
> automatically.
>
> Earlier mandrake 9.1 was on the same machine and  automatic power  off was
> working.
>

Hello,
           Try combinations of acpi=off/on and apm=off/on as a boot time
parameter to the kernel.
Also, looking into logs (/var/log/messages and `dmesg`) for acpi/apm related
messages might give some input.

HTH...

Best regards,
Pranav

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