Shutdown does not power off system

[Jim Cornette]

Leslie Satenstein wrote:
> Is it a bug(let).
> 
> I installed Core5 Test3 with most defaults, but all packages.  The 
> kernal is not the normal one, as others have attested. However, when I 
> initiate a shutdown, the software proceeds to shutdown, with the final 
> console message to power off.
> 
> With previous versions of Core, power off of the pc did occur.  In fact, 
> I make use of this working power off to issue the shutdown command in 
> the crontab.
> 
> Did I miss a configurable parameter?
> 
> Leslie in  Montreal
> 

I add acpi=on in the kernel argument line to be safe in case acpi is 
ever disabled in the kernel. I believe there are similar problems for 
apm only computers needing apm specific lines in the boot parameters.

Also, there might be a kernel bug that hits your hardware and its 
ability to poweroff successfully. This problem effected a lot of people 
during previous test phases and even within the next release.

Search for bugs related to poweroff in bugzilla. There should be quite a 
few old entries and a bit for current release and rawhide.

Jim

-- 
Well fix that in the next (upgrade, update, patch release, service pack).