[ltp] T42 needs help to shut down

[Bob Alexander]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have a T42 running Mandrake 10.1. Most things are working fine, 
> including the wireless, after little more than the stock downloadable 
> install available to a MandrakeClub Standard member. The problem I have 
> is trying to turn the thing off.
> 
> Doing a shutdown from Windows everything works fine. When I shutdown 
> from Linux, the round "power" LED goes off but the  battery and wireless 
> LEDs stay on (even if the power cord is unplugged), and the fan keeps 
> running. Only pressing and holding the power button for 10 or so seconds 
> really turns it off completely.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions that can be offered.

Evan,
on my T40 that problem was sloved upgrading to the very latest BIOS from 
the ibm.com Thinkpad support site.

HTH,
Bob

PS Using APM or ACPI ?