On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 19:57 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > Hi Aaron. That's annoying. I thought that both of us might have had > the > problem solved. > > I've just added acpi=force to the 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 kernel, and that > shuts > down ok. The latest kernel I've got is 2.6.18-1.2257 , but I expect > that to > work as well with acpi=force. > > When did you install FC6, and replace FC5. I ask because I'm more and > convinced that some FC5 updates have changed the behaviour of kernels > later > than the original 2.6.15 one, and how they deal with acpid. I never upgraded, just installed FC6 the week after it was released. That must be at least 3 months ago, CDs can be bought from www.cheapbytes.com for $10 or so. -- ======================================================================= Give me a Plumber's friend the size of the Pittsburgh dome, and a place to stand, and I will drain the world. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx