openSUSE 11.0 doesn't restart the system on DELL T7400

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hi, i installed openSUSE 11 or 10.3 on DELL T7400, but when i try to restart a computer the message “wait while the system is restarting…” apperars on the screen and the system doesn’t restart. i used console “shutdown -r now”, but i get the same.

anybody can help me?

many thank’s

bluesky

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> “shutdown -r now”, but i get the same.

what happens if you try

shutdown -h now

and, a lot of people with shut down problems seem to fix it by adding

acpi=force

to the boot options on the blank line for that on the boot string…
if that fixes yours you can add the line in
YaST > System > Boot Loader > Edit
and add acpi=force to the end of the top line in the Section Settings,
named “Optional Kernel Command Line Parameter”

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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark

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hi, I don’t succeed in finding the option “Optional Kernel Command Line Parameter”, there is not. if I open Yast | System | /etc / sysconfig Editor | System | Bootloaders there are two parameters: CYCLE_DETECTION AND CYCLE_NEXT_ENTRY. What must I exactly do?
if I give the command “shutdown - h now”, the computer goes on shut down.

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bluesky_zk wrote:

> I open
>
> Yast | System | /etc / sysconfig Editor | System | Bootloaders
>

sorry i was not clear enough, and you got to the wrong place, try

YaST | System | Boot Loader | Edit

that is, when in YaST click on “System” on the left side of the YaST
window, a new view opens in the right section of that same YaST
window, IN that new view click on “Boot Loader”, and another new window
will open…in THAT new window click on “Edit” and then follow my
previous instructions (and add acpi=force to the end of the top line in
the Section Settings, named “Optional Kernel Command Line Parameter”)

still, be advised it may not solve your problem…we hope it will, if it
does not, post again here…

good luck, keep smiling…i am.

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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark

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thanks, I have tried but it doesn’t work. the computer is not restarted. perhaps it is a problem of the pc because on another it works. what can we do?

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> what can we do?

two things, hope someone who CAN help comes along with the correct
answer, AND since your situation is repeatable on your machine, maybe
you should file a bug…

maybe…see http://en.opensuse.org/Submitting_Bug_Reports

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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark