> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:53:55 -0800 (PST)
> From: hmc > <doctorebs@yahoo.com>
> Subject: poweroff fails on Dell Dimension 4500
> with RH8
> To: psyche-list@redhat.com
> Reply-To: psyche-list@redhat.com
>
> Anyone know why poweroff fails (halt -p) with RH8 on Dell Dimension
> 4500? Shutdown ends with line saying "Power off" but power does not
> go off, need to manually turn it off. I would appreciate any insight
> on this issue.
>
I have not tried that command (halt -p) but I have a similar issue on
one of our 4 boxes. Our Dell Dimension 4300, when I give it the shutdown
order from X, shuts down completely, as it does it Win ME. This Dell
Dimension XPS T500 also shuts down completely, as it does in Win 98 SE.
I won a Compaq D300v EVO box in September. It is a box that is
apparently sold, primarily, to Enterprise clients and it has a much more
sophisticated BIOS. The manual is in Spanish, so I haven't tried to
resolve the issue yet, but I believe it has to do with some Power
Setting(s) in the BIOS. The Compaq shuts down completely in MS Win 98
SE, but not in Psyche. It goes to a point where I need to push the Power
Switch myself, to kill the power. Our oldest box (Dell Dimension XPS
M233s) also does that, but it has obsolete technology and does not power
off automatically in MS Win 98 SE either.
My gut feeling is this has something to do with Power Settings in the BIOS.
Please post back if you resolve this, with the solution!
Lanny in Cali, Colombia, South America
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