Re: [whine] "Power down." vs "System halted."

[Navindra Umanee <navindra@cs.mcgill.ca>]

Montreal Wed Feb  3 17:18:14 1999

servis@purdue.edu <servis@purdue.edu> wrote:
> *- On  3 Feb, John Goerzen wrote about "Re: [whine] "Power down." vs "System halted.""
> > On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 02:26:44PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > 
> >> I belive we now use the POWER_OFF mechanism by default as machines with
> >> APM bioses and ATX power supplies actualy do shut off.
> > 
> > My Alpha, which has zero APM suport either in the BIOS or in the kernel,
> > also displays that message.
> > 
> 
> Hmm, my P233 still shows 'System halted'.  APM in Bios is disabled and
> no APM in kernel and not ATX power supply.

For the record, I have APM disabled and don't have ATX.

Thanks all for the help.  I now understand the change/difference and
I've gathered that removing the -p should revert back to the old
situation.

-N.