Re: Shutdown/switching computer power off automatically ?
On Fri, 4 May 2001, Oki DZ wrote:
> Darren Wyn Rees wrote:
> > What is Linux Mandrake doing differently, say compared with a recent
> > Debian, which just hangs at "power down/off" ?
>
> The difference is on the setting of the kernel.
> I use Debian and my system get powered off after "poweroff" command; of
> course, the feature came after I had recompiled the kernel.
>
> BTW, I think it would be nicer if all the Linux distros assume that all
> Intel motherboards are ATX. How many bytes would get added if you have
> the APM support on the kernel?
>
> Oki
>
Yes, the reason it doesn't work is because APM support was not compiled
in at all. I am using kernel-image-2.4.4-1. Not because I need some line
in /etc/lilo.conf
-akop
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