Re: How can I power down the computer?
Quoting Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org>:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 06:42:18PM -0600, Ian Melnick wrote:
> > > If there any way to configure debian so it does everything in one step and
> > > I don't need to press the power bottom after all?
> >
> >
> > You can configure your kernel to use power management - either APM or
> > ACPI depending on your hardware. I don't know how it's done with the
> > debian packaged kernel, but if you compile from scratch, the power
> > management stuff is under General setup in menuconfig.
>
> Or just load the APM module.
>
In the default kernel, 2.2.20, APM is not a module. It is compiled in
and disabled by default. Add "apm=on" to the append variable in
/etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo, if you are using it. I expect GRUB has
the capability too. Or just turn in on at the boot prompt, e.g.,
"Linux apm=on".
HTH,
Jeffrey
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