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Carlos wrote:
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When I try to shut down my box everything does
> show up on screen and all is well until it gets to:
> "Saving mixer settings
> Syncing hardware clock to system time
> Turning off swap:
> Turning off quotas:
> Unmounting file systems:
> Halting system...
> Flushing ide devices: hda hdc hdd
> Power down."
> And there it'll stay, will not turn off until I hit the off switch on the box.
> Did I miss something on the install? Or an option I can enable somewhere
> hidden in front of me?
> Again thanks in advance for any and help.
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> Carlos
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That's the way it should be by default. If you compiled acpi support
into the kernel, that might make it more like a windows box on shutdown,
but who wants that?
At that point, all you need to do is power off, and all will be well.
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regards,
shane
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