Shut Down/Restart Preference File

[Richard M. Kriss]

> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:52:26 -0500
> Subject: Re: [G4] Shut Down/Restart Preference File
> From: Ramsey French <rammjet at bisnaga.com>
> 
> 2) From another person (I looked for the Knowledgebase article to which he
> referred, but I couldn't find it):
> 
>  RE: Mac OS X won't shut down - David Gardner5
>  (Posted 12:37pm Mar 1, 2003 CST)
> 
>  I had the problem where my G4 933 would restart after every shutdown.
>  I found an apple article that referred to USB Epson printers. The article
>  stated that if the printer is left on at shutdown, the computer would
>  restart automatically. Just turning off the printer has fixed the
>  problem. This was the case with OS 10.1 thru 10.2.4. Hope this helps.

Ramsey,

Your tip made me thing and the problem (restarts after a shut down) may be
caused by the flakey Integra USB to Serial adapter I have plugged into one
of the USB ports.  

I will try removing the adapter before trying the shut down tonight.

The only fix I have found that really works is to remember to pull the power
plug after the 'Shut down' does it thing and before the G4 restarts on it
own.

Dick