Re: [Thinkpad] z61e running linux won't shutdown

Idea. Close all programs, etc.

"sudo shutdown -hn now"

Note, that will only kill all processes, unmount the disks and restart. It
will not properly shut down the machine, though I doubt anything will be
hurt.

On 7/22/07, Bryan Moore <moore.bryan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, that's what I thought, but I checked the kernel and acpi is
> supported. Not only that, it's currently running. Using the sudo halt
> now command doesn't even do anything but restart the machine. This is
> very frustrating.
>
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:01:37 -0500
> "Alex Austin" <circuitsoft.alex@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Try the desktop kernel. I don't use Ubuntu, but the server-oriented
> > kernel might not have ACPI support, which will prevent it from
> > shutting down the computer properly (most computers will halt then,
> > though...)
> >
> > One idea to try...
> >
> > On 7/22/07, Bryan Moore <moore.bryan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've tried every other forum, post-site, and mailing list, but to no
> > > avail; you folk are my last hope. I have a brand new z61e and
> > > dual-boot Windows XP Professional and Ubuntu Linux 7.04 (Feisty
> > > Fawn). Ubuntu is installed as a server for a minimal install to run
> > > OpenBox 3.4.2 as my desktop manager; I'm running Kernel
> > > 2.6.20-16-server.
> > >
> > > My problem is this: from Windows, I can shutdown and restart the
> > > z61e with no problems whatsoever; however, Ubuntu won't shutdown at
> > > all, it will only restart. No matter what I call (sudo shutdown -h
> > > now, sudo shutdown -P now, sudo shutdown -hP now, sudo shutdown -h
> > > -P now, sudo poweroff now, sudo shutdown -r now, etc.), the z61e
> > > ALWAYS restarts.
> > >
> > > Please, any ideas!? I can't imagine I'm the ONLY one out there with
> > > this problem...
> > >
> > > Thanks, in advance...
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