On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:28:47 +0000 (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: Re: shutdown > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello. I'm using Debian Etch. My machine does not completely > > shutdown -- I'm required to manually press the button (it's like > > being back in > > Check /var/log/messages for anything mentioning ACPI. The kernel may > have decided your mboard is too old and has disabled that to be safe. > You can try enabling it with a boot prompt "acpi=force", but note this > may have other side effects (enabling powersaving & etc).
I found three mentions of acpi, those being: debian kernel: ACPI: Interpreter disabled. debian kernel: pnp: PnP ACPI: disabled debian kernel: PCI quirk: region 0800-083f claimed by PIIX4 ACPI Which file do I put this boot prompt "acpi=force" into? Thanks, Mark PS, Shutdown did work back when I was using Sarge. Like people, I guess operating systems get more careful as they age. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
