ACPI and kernel 2.6.9-1.6.FC2

[Efthym]

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 17:36:25 -0600 (CST), Satish Balay <balay at fastmail.fm>  
wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:15:48 -0500, Efthym <efthym at gmx.net> 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
>


Thanks for the reply, but thats not what I was looking for :(
I guess its back to building my own kernels ... (after a long time that  
the stock ones worked great !!)


Efthym