The Pentium4 System Does Not Turn Off Automatically

Support knowledgebase (swiegra_p4_shutdown)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 8.0

Symptom

You use a system equipped with an Intel Pentium 4 processor. When shutting the computer down, the system does not turn off automatically.

Cause

An SMP kernel (a kernel supporting multi-processor systems) has been installed on your system instead of a standard single-processor kernel.
The article
"SMP Kernel Is Installed Despite Existing Single Processor Motherboard" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/fhassel_p4.html) describes the causes of this in detail.

Solution

Install the SuSE standard kernel that supports single-processor systems.

Start YaST2 and select the dialog

Remove the packagek_smp underSystem/Kernel and install instead k_deflt. The boot configuration will be automatically updated. After rebooting, the new installed kernel is used.

If you are using a multi-processor system and it does not turn off automatically when shutting the computer down, proceed as described in the article "" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/swiegra_SMP_power-off.html).


See also:
o SMP Kernel Is Installed Despite Existing Single Processor Motherboard
o The System Hangs When the Sound Card Is Activated

Keywords: P4, PENTIUM4, SHUTDOWN, POWER-OFF, SINGLE, DUAL, SMP, KERNEL, PROCESSOR

Categories: Hardware

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