[opensuse] System doesn't turn off
I've recently installed openSUSE 11.0 w/ KDE4 on a slightly older computer (~7 yo). Selecting shutdown from the menu doesn't turn off the computer; it eventually displays the "system will be shut down immediately" and "runlevel 0 has been reached" messages but the system does not get shut down and just sits there. The BIOS is an older version of AMIBIOS. Windows XP had no problems with it; I haven't tried any other Linux flavors yet. Any ideas? Thanks, Sorin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Sorin Peste <neaorine@gmail.com> wrote:
I've recently installed openSUSE 11.0 w/ KDE4 on a slightly older computer (~7 yo). Selecting shutdown from the menu doesn't turn off the computer; it eventually displays the "system will be shut down immediately" and "runlevel 0 has been reached" messages but the system does not get shut down and just sits there. The BIOS is an older version of AMIBIOS.
Windows XP had no problems with it; I haven't tried any other Linux flavors yet. Any ideas?
Is this a dual processor machine perhaps? Depending on the vintage, some machines which could benefit from acpi do not have it turned on by default unless you force it. One of those benefits was the ability to shutdown when runlevel 0 was reached on dual processor machines. -- ----------JSA--------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2008-06-22 at 19:42 +0300, Sorin Peste wrote:
I've recently installed openSUSE 11.0 w/ KDE4 on a slightly older computer (~7 yo). Selecting shutdown from the menu doesn't turn off the computer; it eventually displays the "system will be shut down immediately" and "runlevel 0 has been reached" messages but the system does not get shut down and just sits there. The BIOS is an older version of AMIBIOS.
Windows XP had no problems with it; I haven't tried any other Linux flavors yet. Any ideas?
Some machines need apm to power off, others need acpi. Both methods are mutually exclusive, and if during boot the wrong one is chosen some things (like powering off) will not work. You may try forcing the other one at boot. My guess is that being old linux will be using apm. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIXs44tTMYHG2NR9URAsZOAKCSiA0M3kF7qY0gnjy0ngeKTBIrbwCeJBLY VJziQpq3Pub5W8L3TqfClXY= =Rhme -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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