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Old 07-02-2007, 07:10 PM   #1
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Poweroff problem


Hi folks,


Ubuntu desktop 7.04


System is halted but NOT poweroff. Ubuntu logo is displayed on screen finally. Pls advise which file I have to edit. TIA


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Old 07-02-2007, 09:28 PM   #2
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Satimis, what hardware is this running on?

Personally, I'm thinking this is an ACPI issue (But I'm probably wrong.).
 
Old 07-02-2007, 09:52 PM   #3
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Satimis, what hardware is this running on?
Hi hacker supreme,


This is an old P-III box

Mobo - Abit BE6
http://www.hothardware.com/articles/...5FMotherboard/

HD - UDMA100, connected on IDE3 as master
(UDMA66 Primary IDE)
CDWriter - Connected as IDE1 master
(Primary IDE)
CDRom - Connected as IDE1 slave
(Primary IDE)
CPU - P-III

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
Code:
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 515.492
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse up
bogomips        : 1031.99
clflush size    : 32

Edit:
$ sudo cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
Password:
Code:
timeout         3

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=d9cb5057-ee1d-448b-b635-e24be0deb7a1 ro quiet splash
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet
savedefault

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=d9cb5057-ee1d-448b-b635-e24be0deb7a1 ro single
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=d9cb5057-ee1d-448b-b635-e24be0deb7a1 ro quiet splash
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=d9cb5057-ee1d-448b-b635-e24be0deb7a1 ro single
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

title           Ubuntu, memtest86+
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

Edit:

At starting booting it displays;
... ACPI unable to locate RSDP


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Last edited by satimis; 07-03-2007 at 02:39 AM.
 
Old 07-04-2007, 01:57 AM   #4
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Hi folks,

The problem was solved by editing /boot/grub/menu.lst. Added "ACPI=force" (w/o quote) on kernel line

Now my Ubuntu box can be halted and poweroff.


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