Re: How to Auto-power-off?
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:37:48PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 06:28:29PM +0100, Frank A. Uepping wrote:
> > Hi,
> > how can I make the system to automatically switch off the power after system
> > halt?
> >
>
> what kernel are you using and what computer? if its a self compiled one,
> did you enable acpi or apm and are you using one of them?
> If its a stock kernel or one with apm try appending apm=power-off to
> the kernel command line (either in lilo.conf or when you start the
> kernel up).
> It should power off properly, the fact the it doesn't means that there
> is a bug somewhere.
I just saw on another list (debian-laptop maybe?) that one should
add "apm power_off=1" to /etc/modules.
I am running unstable and kernel 2.4.22 with apm on a Thinkpad
and it works for me perfectly!
Andy
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