On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 02:07 -0800, elk dolk wrote: > > > Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 22:13 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > Both myself, and Aaron Konstram are having problems with the > complete shutdown > > of our machines. I am running FC5, and since some updates to > FC5, kernels > > later than the original kernel installed from the CDROM > refuse to shutdown > > cmpletely. The shutdown messages reach "power off" then > nothing, and you have > > to press, and hold the start button on the PC to switch the > machine off. When > > shutdown reaches the power off stage, I hear the harddrives > spin down, but > > the machine is still active. > > > > these ar the kernels on my FC5: > > 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 (this one shutsdown ok) > > but all of these refuse to shutdown completely: > > 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 > > 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 > > 2.6.18-1.2200_FC5 > > 2.6.18-1.2239_FC5 > > and > > 2.6.18-1.2257_FC5 > > > > I have been googling, and found suggestions to use "lapic" . > I'm not sure how > > to use it. I tried at the grub prompt for the kernel, using > "lapic", or > > lapic=on" (without the double quotes) , but no success. > > > > Anyone have any suggestion how to use lapic, or even if this > might solve the > > problem? > > All you need to do is append "lapic" to the kernel line in > grub: > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb > quiet lapic > > (all on one line). That may not solve your issue. You may need > to use > "noapic" instead: > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb > quiet noapic > > > My box has the same problem but appending lapic or noapic does not > solve the problem ! > Doesn't work on my machine either. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
