Re: Computers doesn't power off
On Thursday 26 August 2004 16:00, Kent West wrote:
> I think it's a good learning process to be able to roll your own, but
> just to get standard hardware features to work, it's a bit overkill
> for the majority of new users coming into the GNU/Linux camp. (Still,
> as Loki says, it's a good thing to know how to do.)
I agree, and it's on my long-term to-do list, but I don't have time at
the moment.
> I think what Adam might want to do is to run "modconf", go down to the
> "kernel/drivers/acpi" section, and install any necessary features in
> that manner. (I think different versions of modconf look different, so
> if you're not running Sid you may have to search a bit in modconf to
> find the right stuff, but this should give you a start.)
Sounds good. Does this modconf process just install a relevant module
and ensure it gets loaded?
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