On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Wong Kwok-hon wrote: > On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:15:48 -0500, Efthym <efthym@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am running FC2 on an IBM T21. I updated from the 2.6.8-1.521 to > > 2.6.9-1.6.FC2 kernel. Now the computer doesn't shutdown and stays at the > > "system halted". This used to work with the 2.6.8. I still haven't tried > > suspending which again used to work fine. > > Has something changed in the new kernel ? > > > > Seem that something has changed in 2.6.9 because it is not a problem in 2.6.8 > Because I can't poweroff the machine even the faq or other option > sugguested apm=off acpi=off.... etc. Why use 'apm=off?. I use 'acpi=off' (i.e apm=on) - and no problems with shutdown on a T40/FC3. But things could be different on T21/FC2. Satish