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   From: Richard Asbridge    
   Subject: Re: Shutdown requires manual power off   
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   On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:09:27 +0000, clay wrote:   
   > Have you poked around the bios looking for the power off settings? Even    
   > if they are set as we would assume they should be to power off, might    
   > try changing them & see what happens...   
   I've tried toggling a few combinations in the power manglement section of   
   the BIOS to no avail. I'm going to give the live CD idea a go to see what   
   happens. I'll post back with the results later.   
      
   > fwiw, I have Ubuntu 6.10 32 bit on a Intel 850 (Rambus) board 3.0G &    
   > ATi. CLI sudo shutdown now acts similar to what you describe. Goes    
   > through the motions, eventually to a black screen but never powers down.   
   > Clicking the shut down button in the GUI shuts down correctly.   
   > Haven't got around to solving it... Just using the GUI for now.   
   GUI does not work for me, neither does "shutdown now" "shutdown -P now"   
      
   Thanks for your suggestions though, I'll keep plugging away and let you   
   know how I get on.   
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