incomplete shutdown

[Robin Laing]

Thufir wrote:
> I recently installed Fedora 10, however the system says that it's 
> shutdown completely but the power doesn't go off, I have to flip the 
> swithc in the back to turn it off.
> 
> I've run into "restart" not restarting, and having to hit the restart 
> switch before, but an incomplete shutdown's more of a hassle.
> 
> 
> If it helps, here's the hardware:
> 
> 
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$ 
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$ lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661FX/M661FX/M661MX 
> Host (rev 11)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port 
> (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
> 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media 
> IO] (rev 36)
> 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 
> 01)
> 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 
> AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 
> Controller
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI 
> Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> 00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] RAID bus 
> controller 180 SATA/PATA  [SiS] (rev 01)
> 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 
> 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$ 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Thufir
> 
> 

I would check the BIOS settings.  I have had this happen in the past.

Make sure that your BIOS is up-to-date.

-- 
Robin Laing