problem shuting down Toshiba A65 S126 with RedHat 9

luizebs · 08-09-2004, 06:41 PM

When I shut down on my notebook, everything is apparently turned off, but my power on light is still on. Then if I try to start the system again it does not boot. (I have dual boot, but it does not go even to the grub dual boot). The only remedy to this is to detach and reattach the battery.
Isn't that strange? Has anyone had the same problem?
I am running Redhat 9 together with windowsXP...
Thanks,
Luiz

loyd · 09-03-2004, 11:59 PM

i have ahd the same problem with my laptop? i dont know what the deal is but just a tip...just hold down the power button for a little while and it will shut all the way down. then u can start ur computer properly.

Bruce Hill · 03-24-2006, 07:58 PM

I had the same problem with my Toshiba A65-S126. To remedy that problem, I flashed the BIOS.

Code:

root@titus:~# cat /var/log/messages | grep BIOS
Mar 24 10:16:53 titus kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Mar 24 10:16:53 titus kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xe9964, last bus=2
Mar 24 10:16:53 titus kernel: radeonfb: Retrieved PLL infos from BIOS
Mar 24 10:16:53 titus kernel: radeondb: BIOS provided dividers will be used
Mar 24 10:16:53 titus kernel:     ide0: BM-DMA at 0x8070-0x8077, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
Mar 24 10:16:53 titus kernel:     ide1: BM-DMA at 0x8078-0x807f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio

If we can believe that, I have BIOS v. 2.10

Before flashing the BIOS, when I either shutdown, or rebooted, it did the same thing as yours. It wouldn't reboot, just shutdown but seemed to hang because the power light stayed on. I did what the other guy said, and held the power button down for > 4 seconds and it would power off. Then powered on as normal.

Now when it's shutdown, or rebooted, it still shuts the box off. But now the power button doesn't hang.

I have tried everything under the sun, and nothing fixes this. I believe it is a Linux kernel problem, perhaps specifically with ACPI; because in Windows it reboots or shuts down properly.

Soon I'm going to remove ACPI from the kernel and use lm_sensors to get my CPU temp. I'll tell you if it reboots properly then, without ACPI.

Anything else you want to discuss, let me know. I found this old thread searching for information about sensors for this slaptop.