Re: Power control question

[Joel <accordion@operamail.com>]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 03:23:53PM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
> 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/
> 

Thanks, Victor
That sounds like a good solution, APM is enabled but in the standard kernel
but is turned off by default, ( or at least thats what my reading of boot
logs tells me )

Cheers

Joel Mayes

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