Re: atx shutdown

[<briand@zipcon.net>]

>>>>> "craig" == craig duncan <duncan@nycap.rr.com> writes:

  >> I'm running into some problems trying to get an ATX box to really
  >> shut off during a shutdown.  Originally with 2.2.19 & 2.4.10, it
  >> would reboot with 'shutdown -h now' command.  Odd and irritating.
  >> I built a new kernel with 2.4.17 and now I can get it to actually
  >> halt and not reboot, but it doesn't send the ATX the command to
  >> shut off the power.  Windows however is working fine on the same
  >> box.

  craig> Do you have the following in your lilo.conf?

  craig> append="apm=on"

Is that necessary of APM is built into the kernel vs built as a module ?

Also there is an option during kernel build process about enabling APM
at boot, is that the same thing ?

It's amazing how common this problem is...

Brian