Am 05.11.2012 19:28, schrieb James A. Peltier: > ----- Original Message ----- > | Hi, > | > | am using latest C6 on a Dell GX270 with latest Bios. > | It fails to power down but restarts when running > | $ sudo poweroff > | > | I tried some google hints for kernel boot option: > | acpi=force > | no help, looks like acpi is working anyway when looking in dmesg > | acpi=off > | makes e1000 nic fail to initialize > | > | Any suggestions? > | Rainer > > > Update the BIOS. Should fix it. We had this issue a while back and the new BIOS corrected the issue. > Thx for all your answers, but latest Bios is installed (A07 from year 2006). The pc is has not crashed so far, except the poweroff thingy so I guess hw is ok. FWIW under C5 all was well.