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Re: Power control question



Hello,

Joel Mayes wrote:

> Just a quick question, how do i configure my Debian testing box so that
> the "poweroff" command actualy powers down my computer ? I'm using the standard
> 2.2.18pre21 kernel that come with debian.

If the standard Debian kernel has APM enabled (wouldn't know, I always
compile kernels myself), then at the LILO prompt (provided you use
LILO), give it the parameter "apm=on".  This should, at least on an ATX
machine, power off the computer on shutdown.

Cheers,
Viktor
-- 
Viktor Rosenfeld
WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/



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