Re: Computer won't power off

[Carel Fellinger <cfelling@iae.nl>]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 08:19:42AM -0800, jennyw wrote:
> I don't know ... I did a dist-upgrade. Would that upgrade the kernel?
> 
> When I type poweroff, it does the same thing as before, the computer 
> just doesn't power down ... it unmounts all file systems then says power 
> off computer (or something like that) same as before -- it's just that 
> the computer remains on.
> 
> I guess the solution is to recompile the kernel?

not likely.  Debian Stock Kernels are compiled with apm, you simply need
to activate it by passing "apm=on" to the kernel.

for lilo add to /etc/lilo.conf:

  append="apm=on"

for grub add it to the kernel stanza:

  kernel  /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 apm=on read-only

-- 
groetjes, carel