Fedora Core 7 does not turn off my computer

[Tony Nelson]

At 7:43 PM -0700 6/10/07, E. Robert Tisdale wrote:
>Fedora Core 7 does not actually turn off my computer
>when I select shutdown.
>Fedora Core 4 and 5 would turn off my computer after the system halted.
>Can I get Fedora Core 7 to do this as well?

Normally, yes.  Check the dmesg log for errors detecting ACPI information
(or APM if you have a 7 year old computer), as it is ACPI (APM) that does
the actual power off.

BTW, does the poweroff command also fail to turn off the computer?
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