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Topic: HD install--GRUB edit doesn't affect boot options?, Persistent nodma and noapm despite edit

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lovdsl

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Posted: May 01 2006,01:49

what is meant by wont power down when the system goes down?
does this mean when you click shutdown in the menu, you are left with "dsl halted" and a flashing cursor
and you have to push the power button.
mine does this, I thought it normal

mrsongs

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Posted: May 01 2006,02:41

Well, the "dsl halted" and the flashing cursor are what happen to mine as well. If the machine is plugged in, pushing the power button seems to shut it down, but I believe it only shuts the display down. When I push the button again, the display is the same "dsl halted" and I have to push ctrl-alt-del to reboot. If the machine is not plugged in, pushing the power button doesn't even shut the display down--it does absolutely nothing.

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lovdsl

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Posted: May 01 2006,03:14

Hmmm..I wonder if it is related to the power management issue.
maby the bios has yet another feature?

I did not see apm=on and did not try backspaceing noapm in grub

think though that if you did and the bios setting are correct it should work..the docking station comes to mind

you may try posting the shut down issue in laptops

I am new myself ...sorry I cannot be more helpfull

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Posted: May 01 2006,12:37

No need to apologize, you've been very helpful. The fact that the DMA issue was solved in grub seems to take suspicion away from grub syntax and indeed point it to the docking station. I'll check over in the laptop section. Many thanks.

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lovdsl

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Posted: May 01 2006,16:09

best of luck ...most likely a hardware issue
..came across this

The on/off button does a weird thing where it simply turns off the display. Apparently it also turns off the disk, then immediately restarts it. There must be a way to catch this hardware signal and link it to apm -s but I haven't figured it out yet. I don't really mind typing apm -s, but if some doofus is manhandling my computer, it will be a good thing to have working.

found here

http://www.sfgoth.com/~lupo/omnibook.html

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