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  1. Bug #43961
  2. Comment #152

Comment 152 for bug 43961

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John.Michael.Kane (j.m.k) wrote : Re: [Bug 43961] Re: Power down after shutdown does not work...

I did not have to use the acpi=force option. With my setup it seemed
turning off the cool and quiet option in the bios alleviated the
shutdown reboot issue,however. I'm on a desktop machine so this is not
an issue. Users who need cpu scaling may not want to turn of these
types of options.

On 11/26/06, Paulo Gomes <email address hidden> wrote:
> I have apparently hidden this bug (temporarily) using the workaround suggested in http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=42873 and mentioned by piero:
> Added "acpi=force" to the first kernel line in boot/grub/menu.lst so that it reads:
>
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet
> splash acpi=force
>
> After rebooting, my Toshiba Tecra 8100 (PIII, 600MHz, 320MB RAM) powers
> off correctly.
>
> --
> Power down after shutdown does not work...
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/43961
>