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Re: login, shutdown: woody vs. mandrake



On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 07:35:27PM +0100, Rob Bradford wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 07:07, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> > 
> > On 08-Jun-2002 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > > In mandrake 7.2, "shutdown -h now" would actually turn the power off.
> > > In woody it apparently just turns off the disks on my EPOX KHA8+ Duron
> > > or whatever it's called computer.  I suppose turning the power off is
> > > what I want.  What do I do?  What's the big idea behind just turning
> > > off the disks, or is it just me?
> > > 
> > 
> > requires apm enabled in the kernel.
> > 
> And also maybe "Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off" option
> depending on your system. I always use this option anyway. It cant hurt
> =)

Yes it can. My PC reboots with that option set, and shuts down properly
without.

Frank

> 
> Cheers
> -- 
> Rob 'robster' Bradford
> http://robster.org.uk



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