Re: Power down

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

Vincent Smeets wrote:

> Hallo,
>
> I have an old (1999) computer too. dmesg showed that the kernel does 
> find my ACPI but doesn't use it because my bios is too old. It says 
> something like "... bios too old (1999 < 2001)". I now use the kernel 
> parameter "acpi=force" and now the kernel is using my ACPI. Poweroff 
> does now realy switch the power off!
I've read that acpi=force works with 2.4 kernels but not 2.6 like mine. 
What kernel are you using?

Also, power management is enabled in the bios. Is that correct or is it 
fighting apm?

Elmer