Bug 150851

Summary:	IBM T21: does not shutdown
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Danny Al-Gaaf <dalgaaf>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Thomas Renninger <trenn>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	holgi, rw
Version:	Beta 3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description Danny Al-Gaaf 2006-02-14 16:48:12 UTC

With SUSE Linux Beta3 a IBM T21 (P3 850, 384 MB RAM, 30 GB HD) never shut off the machine. If you call shutdown the system display as last message:

...
Stopping udevd: done
proc umounted
The system will be halted immediatly

But the machine never be halted. Need to press powerbutton until the machine is off

Comment 1 Thorsten Kukuk 2006-02-15 11:01:25 UTC

Hope you used acpi=off or so? The T2x series is well known for the broken
acpi bios.

Comment 2 Thomas Renninger 2006-02-22 18:14:50 UTC

These old machines should really be run with apm...
Maybe this is the same as seen at the A22 Thinkpad series (bug #118997).
Please stop the powersaved. Reboot. Shutdown. Poweroff?
Hmm best is you also update (at least the kernel) to Beta4 or better kotd with the new ACPI stuff in before you start trying.

This one is the one with the broken ACPI interrupts or not appearing AC/Battery/.. events after some time? Did this work before? Did shudtdown work before? Maybe this is one problem...
This old one does not have an apic (interrupts higher than 15)?
Please provide dmesg (but at least with Beta4 kernel -> most important ACPI messages where still missing in Beta3).

Comment 3 Thomas Renninger 2006-03-21 16:09:23 UTC

Hmm, there were some apic changes lately, this machine could be affected.
Please try kotd or newes Beta.

Comment 4 Thomas Renninger 2006-04-20 13:04:35 UTC

The A21m (maybe also others) have a GDCK method and a DOCK device.
It seems that on others machines the GDCK is the docking device.
Installing the notify handler for a GDCK device fails. When module is unloaded it is tried to remove the never installed notify handler for the GDCK method which seems to freeze the machine.
->fixed in kotd: (not yet included in RC1/Beta10, should be in RC2).

Comment 5 Thomas Renninger 2006-04-20 13:05:31 UTC

Watch out for:
- patches.arch/acpi_ibm_notify.patch: Fix Thinkpad A21m shutdown
  (150851).
in kernel's rpm changelog.