Hi,

I previously had Ubuntu server 9.04, 9.10 and 10.04. I use it as a headless server and the power button had always worked.

at first, I updated from 10.04 to 10.10 and everything was working great but I decided to reinstall the os on a new HDD. then when I want to shutdown the server, I need to login with ssh and shutdown it with "halt -p", the power button doesn't do anything. I connected a monitor to the server to see what's happen on the screen but nothing... no message. nothing in the error log.

I tried to add apm force_off=1 in the /etc/modules but still not working.

can any one help me solve this problem?

Thanks

Hi -

1. This is an old post, but I would definitely encourage you to try it:

2. Once you've done that, if it still doesn't work, try this:
'Hope that helps

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Thank you for your damn fast answer,

It work great, I did aptitude install acpid cause I prefer aptitude than apt-get

My power button is back :P

Thank you so much

You might also want to try this to shut down your computer:

init, unlike halt, is literally the first process to ever run on the system. Telling it to go to runlevel 0 will shut down the system.

I had no problem with shutting down my computer with command line, all worked. the problem was really with the physical power button.

It would be great if you would go to the Thread Tools (top right of page) and mark this as solved.

Sorry I didn't see it

Makes it easier for folks to know when you no longer need help and helps folks that may have a similar problem to find a solution with out posting another thread.

Thanks for doing that.