Unable to shut down mandrake 9.2

timpcg76 · 02-29-2004, 07:41 AM

I have win xp running besides mandrake 9.2. I am unable to shut down mandrake 9.2. The system will hang at the last statement, "Shutting down system". If I turned off the system manually, it will boot up again after approx. 5 min. Does anybody experience this phenomenon?

Andrew Benton · 02-29-2004, 08:19 AM

Yes. Try opening /etc/lilo.conf in a text editor and deleting "acpi=off" or whatever the option it is that they pass to the kernel at boot time to turn off acpi.

timpcg76 · 03-01-2004, 06:01 AM

After deleting the acpi but still cannot shut down the system. Have to restart to win xp environment and shut down from there.

Santas · 03-01-2004, 07:00 AM

I have the same problem whith mdk 9.1 i solved it changind the gdm from kde to gnome (in control center)

JaseP · 03-01-2004, 06:06 PM

Changing the login manager shouldn't fix it... not unless the command it's set to pass is nerfed...

Mandrake is known for crappy power management support (I had a similar problem in 8.2).

It's an ACPI problem.

From a console, pass the command;
halt

or, if that doesn't work;

shutdown -h now

and report what happens.

timpcg76 · 03-05-2004, 08:08 AM

Sigh, still didn't work after using the above command. Also unable to surf the net using my wireless usb linksys v2.6. Looks like linux still has a long way to go for newbies like us