Shut Down
I am running Mandrake 8.1 on a Gateway PII-350 set up to dual boot with Win98.
If I shut down from Win98 the comp turns off automatically, but when shutting down from Linux the comp reboots, which is a pain cos it means I have to wait and press the power button to turn it off. Any ideas on how I might instruct Linux to automatically turn off my comp? Thanks in advance! |
Hi shusseina, what command are you using to shutdown (hint) your machine? Few suggestions; take a look at the man shutdown page for flags to use with this command. Some distros use shutdown -k now, the -k flag (kill) others use shutdown -h now, -h flag (halt) It sound like if you are not using any flags on your command, it's going to a default which may be reboot.
Good luck! :study: |
Shutdown
Try
halt -p |
at the console, assume superuser privelages. then type:
shutdown -h now this will shut your comp down immediately. |
I seem to recall my ex-HP C400 was in the same boat. It turned out that it was the mobo in that generation. The solution: use some switch/parameter to force Linux to recognize the mobo as power-saving compliant. Sorry I forgot it.
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halt
halt -p shutdown -h now (I use it under RH 7.1) |
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