[ltp] T42 won't power off after shutdown/halt/poweroff

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Anyone know how I would set this option using grub?



----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Bower <nick@nickbower.com>
Date: Friday, September 17, 2004 9:21 am
Subject: Re: [ltp] T42 won't power off after shutdown/halt/poweroff

> Sorry this is not a solution, but after loading the 2.6.8.1 kernel 
> todayand configuring acpi, ibm_acpi, kernel software suspend etc 
> (which seems
> to work perfectly on my T42/radeon7500), i noticed it wasn't powering
> down.  But after seeing this thread I tried nolapic and it works a
> treat.
> 
> Knocked up some documentation too.  Not as comprehensive or a huge
> contributions like others' here, but more of a quick starter.
> 
> http://nickbower.com/Projects/ThinkpadT42Linux
> 
> nick
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 14:45, J.V wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Eben King wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, J.V. wrote:
> > >
> > > > I can't get the system to turn off after a shutdown -h, halt, 
> init 0,
> > > > or poweroff.  The screen turns off after a message displays 
> about> > > powering off but the fan is still spinning and 
> unplugging the AC
> > > > makes it beep.
> > >
> > > > # CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
> > >
> > > Try this.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -eben    ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm    
> home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar> >
> > >    Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his 
> hands,> >    hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- 
> H.L. Mencken
> > 
> > Hi Eben,
> > 
> > I didn't think that would be an issue because I'm trying to use 
> ACPI,> not APM (particularly since I'm setting apm=off at the lilo 
> prompt).> Is there something similar that I missed for ACPI?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > -Jeff
> 
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