ACPI and kernel 2.6.9-1.6.FC2

[Satish Balay]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:15:48 -0500, Efthym <efthym at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I am running FC2 on an IBM T21. I updated from the 2.6.8-1.521 to
> > 2.6.9-1.6.FC2 kernel. Now the computer doesn't shutdown and stays at the
> > "system halted". This used to work with the 2.6.8. I still haven't tried
> > suspending which again used to work fine.
> > Has something changed in the new kernel ?
> > 
> 
> Seem that something has changed in 2.6.9 because it is not a problem in 2.6.8
> Because I can't poweroff the machine even the faq or other option
> sugguested apm=off acpi=off.... etc.

Why use 'apm=off?. I use 'acpi=off' (i.e apm=on) - and no problems
with shutdown on a T40/FC3. But things could be different on T21/FC2.

Satish