Check that you do not have SMP (multi-processing) set in the kernel config. If you do, the system will not power down on its own.
mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:10 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: inspiron 7500 & power down pblm hi i have an inspiron 7500, i'm running a woody on it with a 2.4.18 kernel. i have a pblm for powering off the puter ... when i type 'poweroff' in the tty* the system enter in init 0 level ... display all teh daemon which are stopped and the last line i got is : 'Power down.' the laptop won't go reallly down ... here is a part of my .config file : CONFIG_PM=y # CONFIG_ACPI is not set CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS=y CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y <--- i try to set and unset this option ... same deal .. not powering off .. i have really no clue on what could be wrong ... any idea ?? thks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]