Re: recompiling the kernel with APM support

[Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>]

Luis Finotti wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.4.3 to 2.4.18-k7
> (I'm running a 1.2GHz Athlon) and now my computer
> won't turn off the power with "shutdown -h".  (I did
> the "apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-k7" way.) 
> The old kernel did turn off the power.
>
> After I little research, it seems that I need to
> recompile the kernel with APM support.  (I tried
> adding "append="apm=on"" to lilo.conf, but it did not
> work.)
>
> Can any one tell me how do I do that, or give me some
> reference?

You must also, in addition to modifying the kernel
command line, insert the apm module.

# echo "apm" >>/etc/modules

-Roberto

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