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#1 2016-11-28 15:10:31

redsearch
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Registered: 2015-11-17
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Laptop sometimes fails to shutdown.

I am using a Lenovo ThinkPad SL410. Most of the time when I shutdown, it works properly and the laptop turns off. Sometimes it goes to a blank screen with a blinking cursor and does nothing.

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#2 2016-11-29 06:12:30

ohnonot
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Re: Laptop sometimes fails to shutdown.

i will assume that you installed bunsenlabs the usual way.
anything stick out during installation?

in any case it is very difficult to say anything about the matter without real information(*).

also the "sometimes" will make it difficult to troubleshoot this...

(*) http://www.co.kerr.tx.us/it/howtoreport.html
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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#3 2016-11-29 07:54:44

Head_on_a_Stick
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Re: Laptop sometimes fails to shutdown.

Have you tried using this kernel command line parameter:

acpi=force

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#4 2016-12-01 01:29:06

redsearch
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Registered: 2015-11-17
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Re: Laptop sometimes fails to shutdown.

acpi=force

I have added this. I'll comment again here to let you know if it works or not.

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#5 2016-12-04 08:43:11

dbvolvox
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Re: Laptop sometimes fails to shutdown.

I apologise that this reply is anecdotal but it is difficult to be certain when dealing with intermittent effects.
Observations: Using laptop (hp255) with wired ethernet no problems, with wireless sometimes hangs a few minutes then closes sometimes hangs as OP describes.

Speculation: Power off involves shutting network links but if wifi has already shut down this cannot happen hence the hang?  Evidence for this? When I use my 5Ghz wifi dongle the light goes out immediately on triggering power off.

Apology: It hasn't been sufficiently irksome for me to invest the time to investigate systematically!


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