Re: Debian 3.0r0 wont 'powerdown'
Installed with 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel...also does not complete poweroff.
Ill look into installing apmd..as yet I don't know how to do this, If
someone wishes to tell me how to do this as root it would be appreciated,
otherwise Ill try to dig this out somewhere.
Ron
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To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Debian 3.0r0 wont 'powerdown'
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:25:10 -0500
> "Ron Stordahl" <ron.stordahl@digikey.com> wrote:
>
> > Debian 3.0.r0 responds to: uname -r with 2.2.20-idepci.
>
> Oops, my suggestions were for 2.4.x Debian kernel-images.
>
> > powerdown goes thru all the steps, but fails to drop power. I have no
> > idea how to correct this problem. I don't think its limited to my
> > machine, I have tried it now on an Intel 810 based machine and also on
> > an earlier ASUS P4. These, as well as my current Intel 815 machine,
> > fail to power down. They power down with Win9X however.
>
> Hmmm, have you tried installing the apmd package as suggested by someone
> else previously?
>
> > Apparently its possible to select a 2.4 series kernel with Debian 3.0,
> > but I have not yet tried that.
>
> It is and it's quite painless.
>
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> Jamin W. Collins
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