Re: ACPI

[Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetil@kjernsmo.net>]

On Monday 17 November 2003 02:47, Tom Allison wrote:
> I have a computer with the BIOS specifically supporting ACPI.
>
> But when I 'halt' it goes to 'Power Down' and then stops dead.
> But it never turns off.

If power-down is all you'll ever use it for, I would suggest using APM 
instead. It's easier. Just compile apm as a module (only that option, 
you shouldn't need any of the rest), and add 
apm power_off=1
to /etc/modules.

Best,

Kjetil
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