I found the answer, well in my case at least. I had a couple of dead USB sticks (USB 1.1) attached to the machine. When I removed them everything worked fine, Might be worth a check.
I am nor sure it was cos they were dead or cos they were 1.1. On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 21:25 +0000, Liam Legionnaire wrote: > Same with me. All USB peripherals stay powered (mouse, keyboard, drawing > tablet, usb stick, etc.) > I really would like to see this fixed, not just for the annoyance, but to > conserve the energy. > > ** Description changed: > > Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-mouse > > Since re-installing 6.06, my mouse has not been powered off on shutdown. > > System->Quit->Shut Down shuts the system off normally, except that my > optical mouse light stays on until I physically cycle the power switch > at the back of the desktop. > > It's a basic Microsoft optical wheel mouse, a few years old, and it's > been working perfectly until installation of 6.06, so I don't think it's > a hardware issue w/ the mouse. > > - In XP, 5.04 & 5.10, with exactly the same hardware, the mouse always > - shut down w/ the rest of the system. > + In Windows XP, 5.04 & 5.10, with exactly the same hardware, the mouse > + always shut down w/ the rest of the system. > -- Mouse doesn't get turned off on system shutdown https://launchpad.net/bugs/48773 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
