> 1)	For some reason, the keyboard won't work unless I have a mouse
> plugged in.  I didn't have this problem in 1.3.3.

Don't know about that...

> 2)	When I run "shutdown -h now" it brings the system to a halt, then
> tells me to press any key to reboot.  But I don't want to reboot, I want
> to shut the system down.

shutdown now has a '-p' option, for power off.  Use "shutdown -p now"
to power down the system.  See the shutdown manpage for details.

John