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Old 04-22-2005, 10:58 AM   #1
robkovacs
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suse shutdown issue

I have installed suse 9 on my acer laptop.

When I choose to shut down as opposed to restart, the system restarts and I have to keep my finger on the power button for 5 or 6 seconds to cut off the power manually.

Any Ideas??

thanks in advance

Robert Kovacs
 
Old 04-22-2005, 11:09 AM   #2
JamesGolick
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hmm... seems to me that it could be an acpi configuration problem.

have you tried

su shutdown

?

James
 
  


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