* Jeffrey L. Taylor <jeff@austinblues.dyndns.org> [20030308 05:57 PST]: > 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". More precisely, this isn't a lilo variable being set. This is a kernel command line parameter. In LILO, these are specified by way of an "append" line, something like append="apm=on" In GRUB, the kernel command line is specified directly, like kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 apm=on Usually, these won't be alone on the command line; you'll have something like kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 root=/dev/hda3 ro apm=on video=vesa vga=0x317 I'd also like to say, to anyone who's ever considered that maybe there's a decent alternative to LILO, GRUB kicks ass. It's an absolute pleasure to work with if you're ever configuring your boot. What it can do at run time is just amazing after working under the shackles of lilo's install-time config. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -- Barry Goldwater
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