Re: Power down
Do you have "apm=power_off" passed to your kernel?
Andrei
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:06:26 +0000
"Elmer E. Dow" <elmeredow@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>
> > Noah Dain wrote:
> >
> >>> My computer says "power down" when I shut it down. I just upgraded from
> >>> kernel 2.4 to 2.6 in Debian Sarge, and of course I want it to shutdown
> >>> automatically. What should I do to fix this?
> >>
> >>
> >> I had a bunch of crappy dells (is there any other kind?) that did this.
> >>
> >> I disabled acpi support via the kernel param: acpi=off
> >> I then added "apm" to /etc/modules so apm is loaded on every boot, and
> >> installed/started apmd (although apmd may not be necessary).
> >>
> >> be sure to add "acpi=off" to /boot/grub/menu.lst like:
> >>
> >> ## ## Start Default Options ##
> >> ## A FEW LINES OF COMMENTS IN HERE ...
> >> # kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro acpi=off
> >>
> >> then run (as root): update-grub
> >> then, reboot.
> >>
> >> I'm sure there's a way to get acpi to work, but apm has always "just
> >> worked" for me.
> >
> >
> > On my Thinkpad R51 upgrading to a newer kernel (I now run a custom
> > 2.6.12) did the trick (now I can use acpi).
> >
> > Johannes
> >
> >
> I have an old Dell 333 desktop with Sarge and 2.6 kernel. I tried the
> above instructions with no success. Any further ideas?
>
> Elmer
>
>
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