Updates to the following packages on, I think, 13 Dec 2006 fixed this problem on my machine:
linux-libc-dev_2.6.17.1-10.34_i386.deb linux-image-2.6.17-10-generic_2.6.17.1-10.34_i386.deb linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic_2.6.17.1-10.34_i386.deb linux-headers-2.6.17-10_2.6.17.1-10.34_i386.deb -- k8n system doesn't boot without acpi=off option. then poweroff doesn't work. https://launchpad.net/bugs/71189 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs