``shutdown -p now'' not working in 5.4 STABLE

[Mike Eubanks]

On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 16:03 -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> At 8:43 PM -0700 8/4/05, Mike Eubanks wrote:
> >On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 19:14 -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> >  >
> >>  Hmm.  The more I think about this, the more I think I tripped
> >>  across something similar once.  I think it was something like
> >>  I turned on 'APM' somewhere, or I added it to my kernel, or
> >  > something.  For power-down, you need to be using ACPI, not APM.
> >>  But from your dmesg output, it looks like you are using ACPI,
> >  > so I am probably not helping much with that guess either.
> >
> >Ok, I built APM into the kernel and gave it a few tries, fiddling
> >with different things.
> 
> Sorry, my comments were not as clear as they should have been.
> What I meant is that my problem was *caused* by adding APM into
> the mix, when it should not have been there.  That's what I
> meant by:   For power-down, you need to be using ACPI, not APM.
> 
> But all of this is just vague memory anyway.  I haven't had any
> problems with my machines powering down for quite awhile now.
> (through many different system builds...)
> 

Garance,

That's ok.  I figured it wouldn't hurt to give it a try anyway.  I am
currently rebuilding it.  I've never had a problem quite like this one.
Evidence for problem seems to be inconsistent in the fact that it works
fully on one version, and sometimes on the other.  In the end, I fear my
install is the only thing questionable at this point when considering
the other dual-Athlon 5.4 system operates without a problem.

Thanks again

-- 
Mike Eubanks <mse_software at charter.net>