On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 17:50 +0000, Beartooth wrote: > On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:10:31 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 04:53 +0000, Amadeus W. M. wrote: > >> On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:55:09 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> > >> > I have had two problems from the first with FC6 on admittedly old Dell > >> > (circa 2000) hardware. > >> > 1. Even though the shutdown command shutdown the hardware in FCn n<6 and > >> > today in Ubuntu, it refuses to shut down in FC6. That is all the > >> > commands you would expect are executed in shutdown, I can hear the tel > >> > tale click but the computer power is not shut off. acpi on or off makes > >> > no difference. > >> > >> poweroff > > poweroff still does not shut off the power to the machine. > > I have the same problem on an old (1998) pentium2; I have to walk around > behind the machine, hold the poweroff, and pull the power cord out for a > few seconds; if I put it back too soon, the machine reboots. > > FC6 does not do this on any of three other machines, nor does FC6.ppc on > an old (2002) G3 iBook. > All I have to do is hit the power button and the machine goes off. I know of no other version that has this problem on this machine other than FC6. I have used several on it and the poweroff works. I am still waiting for someone to explain this obvious bug in FC6 on older hardware, or at least this old hardware. -- ======================================================================= Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind... - Percy Bysshe Shelley ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx