Re: Power down

["Elmer E. Dow" <elmeredow@earthlink.net>]

Andrei Popescu wrote:

> 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:
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> > 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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Just tried adding apm=power_off to /boot/grub/menu.lst. No change in 
behavior. Still no shutting off at powerdown.

Elmer