Re: power down
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 00:38:32 -0700 Jason Majors <jason@kwiqsilver.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 11:31:29PM -0800, Alan Su scribbled...
> > as long as you have the kernel option to "power off on shutdown"
> > selected, it should do the right thing. if the screen is black, it
> > sounds like it has. is the fan still spinning? is the disk still
> > spinning? are you sure the green light isn't normal (if you have
> > mains power plugged in, perhaps)?
>
> The green LED is the power indicator, the AC indicator is different. As far
> as I can tell things are spinning down, but it seems more like an extreme
> sleep mode to me. If I hold the power button for six seconds, it turns off
> (which is how it's supposed to turn off). But I know it can be software
> controlled, because windoze does it.
>From just this snippet of email, it sounds like my mobo is similar
to yours: yes, it is a very deep sleep mode.
Maybe there's an easier way to do it, but after <ctrl><alt><delete>,
I just hold down the power button once the mobo starts to reboot
(before LILO takes over). Since I shut my box down so rarely, it
isn't a problem for me...
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