THE acpi_power Problem

[Mr. Sulu]

I've found this on previous posts, but none of the fixes are clear; just vague references to BIOS upgrades or hardware conflicts. My computer doesn't shut down. I get
power down
acpi_power_off called
Then a hang until manually powered off.

[gavinw6662]

I've found this on previous posts, but none of the fixes are clear; just vague references to BIOS upgrades or hardware conflicts. My computer doesn't shut down. I get
power down
acpi_power_off called
Then a hang until manually powered off.

At the end of your kernel line, have you tried to append the following:

acpi=force

??

Do so by hitting enter when grub appears
choose your kernel
hit 'e' for edit
go to the second line (the one that starts with kernel)
hit 'e' again to edit
go to the end of the line and type 'acpi=force'
hit 'enter'
then while still on that same line - type
'b' to boot that kernel image.


Once you are in, try to shutdown and see what happens.

[Mr. Sulu]

At the end of your kernel line, have you tried to append the following:

Thanks - yes, but no dice. It doesn't shut down and I still get acpi_power_off called

I edited the second line like this:
<100 rhgb quiet acpi=force

(Note the space after <100 rhgb quiet. Correct?)

When I rechecked it (i.e. repeated the edit, before rebooting) the
acpi=force line was no longer behind the <100 rhgb quiet line,
even though I pressed 'Enter' to save the config.

[imdeemvp]

Which fedora version are you using? If fc3 try this: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=28228

[Mr. Sulu]

Which fedora version are you using? If fc3 try this: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=28228

I'm using Fedora 3.

I tried that - I used acpi=ht

The computer shut down, but only ONCE - after that session only.

When I powered up, logged in, then tried to shut down again - same problem.

It appears acpi=ht isn't saved, even though I press Enter then b to reboot.

[anonbeat]

To make permanent changes in grub you should go to /boot/grub/grub.conf and do the changes there.

greets
anonbeat

[imdeemvp]

To make permanent changes in grub you should go to /boot/grub/grub.conf and do the changes there.

greets
anonbeat

That applies to fc 4 and for fc 3 open terminal, become root and run:

gedit /etc/grub/grub.conf

click on SAVE icon and done.

But I strongly suggest you to run:

yum upgrade kernel

which fixes the problem. If you have internet connection do that.

[Mr. Sulu]

When I run:
yum upgrade kernel

I get:
You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys. This is a good thing.
However, you do not have any GPG public keys installed. You need to download
the keys for packages you wish to install and install them.
You can do that by running the command:
rpm --import public.gpg.key

So I run:
rpm --import public.gpg.key

I get:
root@localhost bob]# rpm --import public.gpg.key
error: public.gpg.key: import read failed.

[Mr. Sulu]

Solved.

Found it here:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archiv...p/t-28978.html