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List:       acpi4linux
Subject:    Re: [ACPI] 2.6 won't poweroff
From:       Fred Labrosse <ffl () aber ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2004-05-31 9:39:56
Message-ID: 16570.64876.505843.115161 () aber ! ac ! uk
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liste@hgfelger.de writes:
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 > Salut Emma & Fred,
 > On Thu, 27 May 2004, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
 > > I was thinking some more about this...I read somewhere that the 2.4 
 > > kernel uses /proc events and the 2.6 kernel uses /sys events and that if 
 > > you're using old scripts with a new kernel "halt" won't work because 
 > > it's trying to turn off /proc events. Does that make sense? How would I 
 > > know what my system is doing? (Debian unstable.)
 > I would check the software as a last resort...
 > 
 > >> Emma, does your TM634 has the latest BIOS from Acer, i.e. R01-C0O?
 > > I'm not sure how I'd check. :/
 > On startup press F2 to enter the CMOS-Setup. There you will be on the page 
 > Information, where you can find on the line, starting with
 >   SystemBIOS version: V4.R6.1-C0O
 > So no need to hurry Fred ;-))))
 > 

Here's my version: V4R6.1 R01-C0O (same as everybody else apparently).

I installed a vanilla 2.6.6 with Hartwig's config file (after a "make
oldconfig", no other modification), and it doesn't power off.

So it's not the kernel.  What can it be?

For reference, I run gentoo.

TIA,

Fred



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