[ltp] powering down and halting

Michael Selway linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:40:45 +0100


Hmmm.  Since I sent my message, I've started using 2.4.9 and I
still can't halt or reboot.  (Though I typically reboot around 3
times a year, so it's not a big problem)

m.

Pascal Magnard writes:
 > I had the same problem on a T20 with several 2.4.X kernels (from 2.4.3 to 
 > 2.4.7) and I tried a lot off APM compilation options.
 >  It did not work for my T20 until I move to a 2.4.8 kernel. Halting is now 
 > ok.
 > 
 > Michael Selway <mas@ssl.co.uk>
 > Sent by: owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
 > 07/18/2001 04:35 PM
 > 
 > Since I upgraded my tp600e to Redhat 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2), linux
 > hasn't been able to power down the machine after shutting down
 > linux, nor can it reboot.  If I ask linux to reboot, it goes down
 > normally, displays the POST/IBM logo, and then hangs.

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