My laptop won't turn off after i pressed shut down. The computer is still running with the shut down spash screen frozen. Please help. I am running SLED 10.

Sounds like an ACPI problem. Without it, the system will just come to a halt but it won't actually power down your hardware. Weird, this should be enabled by default. Did you uncheck certain items when you installed?

I suggest you go to System > Administration > yast and check whether there are any ACPI packages to install.

All the ACPI packages have been installed already. Is there anything else i could do, please?

Could you try running the command below from the terminal?

shutdown --poweroff now

I got this after typing the command, which one should i choose?

linux-tuvz:/home/jerry # shutdown --poweroff now
shutdown: invalid option -- -
Usage: shutdown [-akrhHPfnc] [-t secs] time [warning message]
-a: use /etc/shutdown.allow
-k: don't really shutdown, only warn.
-r: reboot after shutdown.
-h: halt after shutdown.
-P: halt action is to turn off power.
-H: halt action is to just halt.
-f: do a 'fast' reboot (skip fsck).
-F: Force fsck on reboot.
-n: do not go through "init" but go down real fast.
-z: shutdown using software suspend.
-c: cancel a running shutdown.
-t secs: delay between warning and kill signal.
** the "time" argument is mandatory! (try "now") **

double post, sorry

shutdown -P now

It still does not work. The only thing that it has done is gotten me into text mode. Also tried this command:
shutdown -P now
and it still does not work. Please help.

Hmm, is that a fresh install, did you recently update/upgrade anything? This is really beginning to sound as if the kernel has no ACPI/APM support...

It was a fresh install.

Mmm, maybe there is some hidden error. Could you issue this command, as root:

cat /var/log/dmesg | grep Error >> /home/[username]/error

This will scan for any error messages and print them to an "error" file in your home directory. If you post that file, we may find out what is going wrong.

btw, you may also want to check your BIOS and make sure that ACPI is enabled. Of course, if you were running something else before SLED and powering down was no problem, then obviously this is not the problem.

sorry but i got this error:
cat: /var/log/dmesg: No such file or directory

And i my system is a dual boot system and Windows XP can shutdown properly.

Huh, so Suse hasn't got /var/log/dmesg now? OK, if the sytem says so, that must be correct. I would suggest that - providing you haven't done so yet - you check whether there are any updates to be made. It's quiet often that a system has some bugs which are resolved only by an update.

Give it a try and post back. I'll get back to you as soon as possible (some other business to attend to right now).

You can type dmesg | less or less /var/log/messages to see the kernel and system log. Could you give a hardware description?

I have installed updates, but it hasn't fixed the problem.
My hardware:
BenQ Joybook S73G
1.66 GHz Core Duo
ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 512mb
80 GB hard drive
DVD-RAM burner
OS: Windows XP home edition and SLED 10