Re: Debian 3.0r0 wont 'powerdown'

[Hui Chun Kit <css-kh@css.hkcampus.net>]

I have this experience too.. it's simply becoz
apmd and it's related packages are not installed..
try to do a apt-get!

Chris Kenrick wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 04:32:15PM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
>  
>
> > On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:25:07 -0500
> > "Ron Stordahl" <ron.stordahl@digikey.com> wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > With the newest Debian 3.0r0 for i386 shutdown now -h, or poweroff, goes
> > > through the expected steps finally saying 'power down', at that point
> > > nothing further happens.  Power remains on.
> > >
> > > I am nearly positive that with earlier releases of Debian the power down
> > > completed as expected.
> > >      
> > Try the following:
> >  modprobe apm
> >  poweroff
> >
> > If that works, add apm to the /etc/modules list of modules to load on
> > startup:
> >  echo apm >> /etc/modules
> >    
>
> I thought this problem used to be solved by setting apm=on in the kernel
> parameters in lilo/grub config.  Has this changed?  Dependent on Debian
> and/or kernel version?
>
> - Chris
>
>
>  



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