Powerbook won't shut down, wake up, or restart

PB G4 15" A1106 1.5 ghz, 1G ram, 100G HD, 10.5.7
I'll describe problem first with no battery in the laptop; only AC plugged in.
When running, if I push the power button, or go to apple menu, and select either "shut down" or "restart" all programs quit, the desktop picture shows, but the laptop will not shut down, or restart, if that's what I picked.
I can shut it off by holding down the power key.
It starts up fine, runs fine, and "Diagnostics" under the "about this mac" says "passed".
If it goes to sleep, by closing the lid, the pulsing light is on. When I open it up, it briefly comes to life,then goes back to sleep after about a second or two. I then have to hold down the power button til it shuts off, then start it up again.
When I put a battery in, which isn't that great of a battery (only lasts about 20 minutes), I cannot shut the PB off by holding down the power key. I have to both remove the battery and disconnect the AC, then hold the power button down. When I am only using the AC, I can leave it plugged in and shut it down by holding in the power key.
I tried resetting PRAM and PMU. I tried taking suggested files out of preferences folders. I upgraded from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7. I unchecked the options in the "Energy Saver" system prefs.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

The topic header says there is already an answer to my problem, but I searched and couldn't find it : (

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