Failure to power down kernel 2.6.9 Fedora 2 on IBM T21

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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:52:11 +0000 (GMT), Clive Long
<rational_comms at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    For all versions of kernel 2.6.9 (but not 2.6.8 or
> earlier) when I select shut down / power down on an
> IBM ThinkPad T21, the last message displayed is
> (Something like) acpi_power-down. However, the display
> stays active and to shutdown I have to press the power
> button twice. Once to "restart" the machine. Twice to
> power-down.
> 
> Any ideas?
Yep. You probably aren't going to like it.
Search the archives. This is a recurrent problem here and on other
Fedora lists. You may strike it lucky with one of the many answers.

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