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Re: why sarge can't power off PC



On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 12:07:42AM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote:
> Every time I shutdown, I have to unplug power cord.
> Other distro, such as mandrake can poweroff.
> 
> How should I do? Thanks!
Hi Serena,
these are related to apm/acpi support for power management. You need to
load the correct kernel modules, at a mininum, for your kernel.  Debian
kernels usually contain these modules, so switching to a 2.6 kernel would
help. just apt-get one based upon your processor.
cheers,
Kev
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