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inspirosn 5100 prob

When i turn off my dell 5100 laptop. Tthe laptop does not turn off by itself why is that?:newbie: :confused:

had this issue on my Inspiron 8200. this is a solution someone else offered up

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Originally posted by digitalboi
type: su
then type: password

then type: vi /etc/lilo.conf (can use any editor you like such as pico,etc)

then in each image section there is a append line, you need to add "acpi= ht nolapic"

after u add those lines

type: lilo (rebuilds ur lilo.conf)

type: reboot

u should be able to unplug the laptop (w/o freezing) and when u send the halt signal it will actually turn all the way off :)

this should also fix the problem of your computer crashing when you plugin/unplug the AC adaptor (if you were having that problem)

if you use grub instead of lilo, do the same thing, but edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst

hope that helps.

This my /etc/grub.conf file.I not sure where to put that.

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb
initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img

put the change in the file I told you to: /boot/grub/menu.lst

I think i going to update the kernel and patch it:)

Maybe you should try "shutdown -h now" the -h is for halt : )