[LAU] more machine issues

[Dave Phillips]

garry.ogle at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> Dave Phillips wrote:
>  
>  > 1) The machine does not cleanly shut down with the rt kernel. The 
> system appears to go down, but the power light remains on and does not 
> turn off manually (this happens with the battery in or out). Any fix for 
> that ? I don't like having to switch off the power at the strip, I doubt 
> that it's good for the box.
>
> i can't help with your other questions but this could a consequence of
> having the "acpi=off" and/or  "noapic" set in your kernel bootloader
> config.
>
> i don't remember which one disables the auto-power-off, but this is
> definitely the observed behaviour on my box. i have to physically switch
> it off after it shuts down.
>
> i set these boot options because they help with the way IRQs are
> allocated, which in turn allows better real-time performance.
>   
Hmm, so does that mean I have to live with the behavior ?

Btw, I upgraded the GNOME Control Center, it no longer replaces my 
Fluxbox background. :)

Best,

dp