[Discussion] eCS Version 2 Shutdown

[Carl Gehr]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:30:58 -0800, Arthur Menu wrote:

>Carl Gehr wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:50:02 -0600 (CST), Ira N. Saxe wrote:
>> 
>>> Lately, my Shutdown and Restart don't do anything.  Thus, at startup it goes thru the lengthy disk check procedure.  Any repair suggestions will be appreciated.  Regards, Ira Saxe
>> 
>> Odds are, the problem is ACPI...  Do you have the latest level?  Do you
>> have the level installed from the CD?  Or one of the several in
>> between.  The initial level is likely to cause the problem you descri
>> be IF you select POWER OFF.  But, later levels have their own failings.
>>  The safest way to deal with this, from a shutdown stand point is to
>> specify only 'Shutdown' [no power off] or 'Reboot'.
>> 
>> Carl
>> 
>Hi all,
>
>This something that has puzzled me for some time and for which I have 
>received no satisfactory answer: Why is it so hard to get os/2-eCS to 
>power off a computer? Forget about all the other things ACPI or ATM can 
>do--why does this one, apparently simple, function present such 
>problems? I mean this isn't proprietary Microsoft code, is it?
>
>I ask this as your typical, ignorant-about-tech-stuff end user.

Arthur,

I completely agree with you.  It just does not seem like it should be
so difficult.

I'm running ACPI 3.03, but I just saw a comment that V3.05 is now
available.  {I missed any announcement of 3.04.]  So, as soon as I get
some time away from my real job, I'll give the new release a try.  I
wish I could feel more optimistic...

Carl