Mandrake unable to shut down

**attenboroughp** · 02-07-2005

Hello all.

I have XP SP2, FC3 and Mandrake 10.0 installed on my laptop. I can power the laptop down from Windows and FC3 but not from within Mandrake. When i shut it down it gets "stuck" on the command "power down". I am then forced to either reset my laptop or turn it off by the power button. I suspect it could have something to do with the Advanced Power Managment.

Does anyone know of any solutions to this problem?

**1Adam12** · 02-07-2005

I get the same thing happening from Fedora Core 1 on my HP Pavilion notebook on shutdown. I just assumed it was normal to press the power contact button to turn it off with no real ramifications or consequences for there not being an auto-power cut after the "Power Down" prompt.

I have a similar question waiting in the rafters here: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/top...tml&highlight=.

Not particularly helpful, I know. But at least we're not alone, n'est pas?

**dylunio** · 02-07-2005

What does the command

Code:

shutdown -h

do when put into th command line?

**jeremy1701** · 02-07-2005

Edit your /etc/lilo.conf file to read ACPI=force, then run the command lilo -v.
That should fix the problem.
Jeremy

**attenboroughp** · 02-07-2005

Thanks for the replys.

dylunio: When i run the command "shutdown -h" it says "could not run the specified command"

jeremy1701: When i edit the lilio.conf file it wont let me save the changes. How do i access this file with the needed privileges?

Sorry i'm new to linux.

**jeremy1701** · 02-07-2005

You need to become root. Use the su command

Code:

su

**attenboroughp** · 02-07-2005

I typed su in the command box and i still get the same problem. Sorry about this but as i say i'm very new to linux. Please could you be more specific? Sorry.

**dylunio** · 02-07-2005

Try edditing it with pico as root:

Code:

su
&#91;rootpass&#93;
pico /etc/lilo.conf

edit and save the file.

dylunio

**attenboroughp** · 02-07-2005

LOL sorry i forgot the kwrite command!

It's all good. Cheers.

Here's what i did:

# su root
# *password*
# kwrite /etc/lilo.conf
edit and save
# /sbin/lilo
# reboot

**attenboroughp** · 02-07-2005

Sorry dylunio. I would have used your method but i'd allready got it working before i read your post. Thanks for the help everyone

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