shutdown / power off

[Ronnie Gauthier]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:26:14 -0500
Vu Pham <vu at sivell.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 22:09 +1000, James McDonald wrote:
> > vu pham wrote:
> > > I installed F7 to my PC at home. Everything seems fine but the power
> > > off. When I shut it down, it shuts down all the processes and says
> > > "System halted" but it does not power off the system.
> > >
> > > For this same system with Suse 10.2, it powers off the system just fine.
> > >
> > > Do I need some package to do this ? Or do I have to change some
> > > configuration file or recompile the kernel ?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Vu
> > >   
> > Add poweroff=1 to system.ini
> > 
> 
> Yeah, I did that but it didn't help. I also tried some registries
> also. :)
> 
> The one in the office powers off just fine, but that does not say
> anything because the hardware of the two systems are not the same.
> 
> Vu

Most likely has to do with the MoBo and the BIOS. I had a server that 
would not power down with centOS but the same exact install on my laptop 
powered down just fine. I now use SuSe 10.2 on both and both power down 
as expected. Not to go off topic, but I really like SuSe.

Ronnie