On 5/24/05, TRANCHEMER, StÃ(c)phane <stephane.tranchemer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I made more tests with differents kernels and something interesting came out > making me think definitely that something is really wrong in kernels 2.6.11 > series : > > when booting with the acpi=off kernel argument here are the results : > > 2.6.10-1.770_FC3smp boots OK > > 2.6.11-1.14_FC3smp crash after APIC and agpgart initializing > > 2.6.11-1.27_FC3smp crash after APIC and agpgart initializing (same place) > > I took a photo of the screen when crashing, viewable at > http://stranche.free.fr/crash-boot-2611.jpg > > > >Hi, > > > >since the kernel upgrade to 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 my motherboard doesn't turn > >the power off after the shutdown processus. > > > >the runlevel shuts down all the daemons, turns off the disks but the > >power still remain on the motherboard, so that you have no display, no > >working mouse or keyboard, no spinning disk, just the ATX power and the > >motherboard with power on but the machine seems dead. > > > >pressing the power button doesn't change a thing, even if you press it > >for one minute, you have to pull the cord out... > > > >tryed to use acpi=force at boot time, no change > > > >tryed to toggle enable/disable the "ACPI v2.0 support" in my motherboard > >bios settings, no change. > > > >the same happens if you shutdown with the gnome panel menu Shutdown or > >press once the power button, the runlevel runs fine but power remains at > >the end. > > > >Everything was fine since fedora core 2 and all its kernel upgrade and > >fedora core 3 upon 2.6.10-1.770_FC3. > > > >For information my motherboard is a Tyan Tiger K8W, more at > >http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8w.html > > > >I have read some threads in the mailling list about the kernel being instable > >for some people, I'm wondering if something isn't very wrong with the ACPI > >since this kernel version. > > > >I am ready to make some tests or give more informations if needed. ACPI has never been perfect, or at least it has always been sensitive to the hardware you're using. I always had trouble with ACPI and my computer (AMD Athlon 2200+ on ECS EliteGroup K7S5A mainboard). So I boot with acpi=off, and it used to be that apm could turn the power off at the end of shutdown. Since fairly recently (I moved, and wasn't keeping track, but I think it happened late in April), the computer no longer shuts itself down but instead asks me to "power off." So I tried booting without the acpi=off option, but I got the same old failure message when acpi tried to start up. I concluded that now, both apm and acpi are broken, at least with my crummy mainboard, and gave up. For what it's worth, I do blame it on my hardware--which has always seemed pretty cheap. I guess we have different problems, but something did seem to change lately in power management.
