Etch not Shutting Down " acpi_power_off called"

[weeds86]

Hey guys,

I have been running Debian Etch on my P4 desktop for a few weeks now. Shutting down was working fine until the other night I think when I installed KDE. Now when I shut down it does the normal things but gets stuck when it says "acpi_power_off called". Nothing happens and I just have to press the power button to get the computer to turn off. Can anyone help me fix this?

Cheers

[soccercisco]

hi,

Sorry, but I'm not familiar with this subject, so (I hate doing this because I'd like to help you myself) I googled solutions for your problem and came across this:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=455713

Let me know if it helps (Sorry I can't assist you more)

Cheers,

[weeds86]

Does anyone else have or has had the same issue with acpi_power_off called?

There isn't a great deal in the way of solutions on the net, and I have tried most of the solutions available with no success.

I suppose it isn't a cirtical bug but it is just damn annoying to have to hold the power button down for 4-5 secs everytime I shutdown.

Cheers

[tpl]

did you check out this thread?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=132761

one possible idea would be

> On a ThinkPad A22p with a default FC3 install (kernel
> 2.6.9-1.667), I had the exact same problem. So I
> edited /etc/inittab:
>
> #ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
> ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -h now
>
> and now the laptop shuts down correctly when using the
> CTL-ALT-DEL sequence.

another person suggested "acpi=on" in the grub configuration file.

[weeds86]

Adding "acpi=on" to the kernel line of the grub boot loader doesn't fix it.

one possible idea would be

> On a ThinkPad A22p with a default FC3 install (kernel
> 2.6.9-1.667), I had the exact same problem. So I
> edited /etc/inittab:
>
> #ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
> ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -h now
>
> and now the laptop shuts down correctly when using the
> CTL-ALT-DEL sequence.

another person suggested "acpi=on" in the grub configuration file.

In my /etc/inittab there is the following line:

ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

So if I change this to:

ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -h now

Will it work?

What does the "12345" mean?

[weeds86]

UPDATE: I just tried modifying /etc/inittab and it didn't work either.

The computer still didn't turn off after the "acpi_power_off called"

Any other suggestions?

Cheers

[weeds86]

Is anyone else having the same issues or is it just me?

I cant seem to find anything that works. All I know is that it must have something to do with a conflict between kde and acpi.

Anyone got any other ideas on how to fix it?

Cheers

[razmatei]

This problem is cause by a conflict between snd_hda_intel + snd_hda_codec (Intel HD Audio modules) and Xorg. Try removing both modules before shutting down (in Slackware it is done by creating rc.local_shutdown script but in other distros this may vary). You have to remove them in the proper order. Find a way to call "rmmod -f <module_name> in the shutdown sequence and may be it will work.