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Paul, I had a similar problem - although not with Red Hat - when I built my kernel with ACPI instead of APM. Both APM (Advanced Power Management) and ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) are used to power down your PC when you shutdown, to save you the energy of reaching over to press the power switch yourself. ACPI is favoured over APM, but only because it provides many more features. However, I don't think that the ACPI drivers are fully developed yet, and there are a number of issues with buggy BIOS code. I currently favour APM, as it does what it says, and I no longer have to reach for that power switch... Take a look at http://phobos.fs.tum.de/acpi/ Of course, this might not be the problem at all... :-) Cheers, Matthew "Paul Sutton" <psutton@xxxxxxxxxxx> on 16/05/2001 17:53:32 Please respond to lug-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "D&C LUG" <Lug-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: (bcc: Matthew Gibbons/PLY/Global) Subject: [LUG] bug reporting Hi, What is the procedure for reporting bugs with Linux, I have just installed RHL 7.1 and when I shut down I get a general protection fault, this gives me a screen of output consisting of hex addresses, numbers and register entrires etc. I think I have identified which program / routine is causing the problem. What information do I need to include apart from kernel version, distribution, hardware etc. thanks for any advice. Perhaps there could be a section on the Lug site to cover this for the benefit of other users. I will have a look on the net also and see what I can find. Paul Sutton Red hat looks really nice. I think windows objects to my comment from my last mail, my usenet list had been deleted, roll on getting a decent o/s running. -- lug-list - The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe lug-list" in the message body to unsubscribe. -- lug-list - The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe lug-list" in the message body to unsubscribe.