Medion MIM 2310 powersoff without Xorg...when Xorg installed does not power off.
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Medion MIM 2310 powersoff without Xorg...when Xorg installed does not power off.
My Medion MIM 2310 laptop shutsdown without Xorg installed. When Xorg is installed it does not power off. It just goes grey and hangs. So I suspect the problem is linked to Xorg.
Can you see anything wrong? Thanks.
here is my/etc/X11/xorg.conf:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Hmmmm ... no mention of ACPI in your installation. In my own laptop, that seems to be a requisite to get everything working together properly on the same page.
ACPI usually needs to have support compiled into your kernel. And then it must not be disabled by your boot loader.
What do I need to do? I note that when I install Zenwalk, Gentoo and Ubuntu Feisty it shutsdown correctly. With Etch or Slackware 12 the same problem. more info:
I seem to be able to manage a Zenwalk install with no encryption that will poweroff correctly or an encrypted Etch which has disk encryption but will not shut down.
All I really want is a computer with an encrypted hard disk that shuts down.
One of the things I mean is that you really need to have ACPI support compiled into your kernel. The letters stand for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. To operate correctly, your OS and BIOS must both support it. As you are operating on a laptop, the chances are excellent that the latter condition has been met -- although it won't hurt to check your BIOS to be sure that it's activated. Unfortunately, the chances that your Linux is properly configured to handle it also are significantly less.
If you have never recompiled a kernel, all I can say is that it's high time you "got your feet wet." Mainly, it is a matter of enabling the ACPI setting in the kernel and then recompiling it. Of course, you will undoubtedly want to check through and disable all the various devices which keep coming up as "not found" every time you boot, too, unless you have reason to know that they should in fact be present on your system.
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