"Terry Katz" <katz@advanced.org> writes:
> I run debian, and whenever I shutdown, the system does not turn off. The
> last message on the screen is "Power off", and then the system just sits
> there (as with a normal halt). I have a Tyan tiger100 m/b, SMP, and I know
> it supports power-off ;) ( and I have the power-off option enabled in the
> kernel ... )
>
> Any ideas? I know that some apm stuff isn't good to use with SMP .. could
> that be the reason ?
Yes. APM is disabled in SMP mode (which is what the boot messsages tell
you ... )
If you pass apm=smp-power-off, the power off might work (but the rest
os the APM stuff remains disabled as it is not SMP safe). I have had
differing reports.
Cheers,
Stephen
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