[ltp] T20 won't shutdown

[Timothy Murphy]

On Saturday 29 July 2006 15:15, Daniel Maier wrote:

> > My T20 does not shutdown properly any more.
> > It gets to "shutdown: hdc" and then stops;
> > I have to power-off with the power button.
>
> This sounds like the common ACPI problem.

OK, thanks.

> To check wether ACPI is still 'alive' you can use the volume-buttons
> and tpb or use acpi_listen to see if there are still any events.

I assumed that when people spoke of acpi being alive or dead,
they were referring to acpid running or not running.
It seems it is more complicated than that?

> So (I am repeating) disable any application which might read
> /proc/acpi/*, this includes any batterymeter in
> KDE/GNOME/gkrellm/etc

Does that really mean one cannot have a battery meter
(I have both battery and temperature meters)
then you cannot shutdown properly?

Seems a pretty serious bug to me.
Or am I missing something?

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