shutdown hangs

[Rick Stevens]

Fred Grant wrote:
> When I initiate shutdown on my new installation of FC2 the screen shows
> "acpi_power_off called" but nothing happens.  The acpi feature is enable
> in BIOS.  Any ideas?

Not all systems really "play by the rules" when it comes to acpi.  You
might try disabling it and letting apm handle it.  When next you boot,
try adding "acpi=off" to the end of the boot command line.
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