Re: Auto Shut-off

[David Wright <d.wright@open.ac.uk>]

Quoting ktb (xyf@inetnebr.com):
> As root use the command,
> shutdown -h now
> 
> See "man shutdown" for more details.  When I use this command I still
> have to press the "off/on" button so this might not be exactly the
> answer to your question.
> hth,
> kent

There's a kernel option:

Power off on shutdown
CONFIG_APM_POWER_OFF
  This option will power off the computer after the Linux kernel is
  halted (e.g., with the halt(8) command).  As with the other APM
  options, this option may not work reliably with some APM BIOS
  implementations.

Cheers,

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