Re: Power down
On 1/16/06, Elmer E. Dow <elmeredow@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> >>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
>
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we probably need to see your dmesg right after boot. there may be
something in there to hint at what it wrong.
dmesg > file.txt
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Noah Dain
"Single failures can occur for a variety of reasons that have nothing
to do with a hardware defect, such as cosmic radiation ..." - IBM
Thinkpad R40 maintenance manual, page 25
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