Re: Linux not shutting down all devices? Battery drain in aftershutdown

[Norbert Preining]

On Sa, 19 Sep 2009, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> I have seen this sort of problem on ThinkPads as well.  Lenovo decided to

Yes, Thinkpads are mentioned also in the thread I have cited. 

> fix it in firmware and shut down the stuff entirely in firmware.

Bad for us that Sony is not capable to do that.

> Interestingly enough, in the ThinkPad case, Windows was not affected.

It actually seems to depend on some settings/driver issues, that is the
reason why (I guess) Vista, XP, and linux all have these problems,
but not in all cases.

It is a bit frustrating though ...

Best wishes

Norbert

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