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Re: [OT] Power off on Shutdown using ACPI and kernel-2.4.x



On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 02:19:38PM -0700, Jimmy Richards wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone has gotten their system to power off upon
> shutting down when using
> kernels 2.4.x. I get an ACPI message, 'Could not enter S5'. My
> understanding is that APM and ACPI
> are mutually exclusive, so I do not think I should be trying to use APM.
> But, I am not sure, because
> the computer will power off when shut down using a 2.2.x kernel, which
> does not have ACPI support.
> So I am curious as to whether or not ACPI is just plain broken when it
> comes to this feature, and just
> wondering if anyone on this mailing list might have any insight.

I'm not sure actually. I have one system with ACPI, but interestingly
enough it only has an AT power connector, so can't power off anyway. But
I get the same message.

-- Ferret



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