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Mitch
Asked: 2014-09-05 03:27:37 +0800 CST

Fresh install of Xubuntu on an Acer TravelMate 2410, system will not reboot or shutdown

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I have an old Acer TravelMate 2410 laptop, that was running XP. I've decided to dump XP, and install Xubuntu.

I did a clean install, and done all the updates that are available. Everything is running as it should with the exception of reboot and shutdown. The system will not do either, and it gets stuck.

below is what I've tried so far, and nothing have helped so far. There is no option in the BIOS to disable booting from LAN, or any other PM settings.

The system has Intel 910GML integrated 3D graphics featuring Intel GMA 900

I changed

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to 

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" acpi=force apm=power_off

I did

sudo gedit /etc/modules

and added 

apm power_off=1 below lp

I also changed

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force"

I also changed

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash reboot=bios"

I also changed

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash reboot=pci"

I also changed

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=oldboot"

Nothing worked.

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14.04

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I have an Acer TravelMate 2410 and this is the solution that worked for me:

    1. Open 'Terminal'
    2. Type: sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
    3. Add a new line at the end that says: blacklist wistron_btns
    4. Save the file (press 'ctrl+o' and then 'enter')
    5. Exit (press 'ctrl+x')
    6. Reboot the laptop.

    After you restart Ubuntu you can succesfully shutdown your laptop! If you are wondering why you are doing this: The module 'wistron_btns' crashes when you shutdown Ubuntu. It is supposed to manage the WiFi kill switch and "special" buttons on the laptop.

    I found this solution here

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  2. Disabling of "wistron_btns" also work on Acer Travelmate 2420 & Ubuntu 14.04.

    Tested Bootloader Kernel line" "apm=power_off" and "acpi=force", both of them worked.

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  3. If all else fails on any 'sudo' based linux system using 

    sudo shutdown -h -now

    should put the system into shutdown, tidying up on the way. The alternative is

    sudo kill -9-1

    which will do the same thing but with a little more force.

    I would have been interested to know if in the above situations these commands worked or not.

    David

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