Re: why sarge can't power off PC
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:49:15 +0100
Wulfy <wulfmann@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 23:27:06 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
> >
> >> Further to the last e-mail:
> >>
> >> I removed apm using aptitude, it removed libapm0 and
> >> powermgmt-base as well. Then I checked in my BIOS setup and
> >> there's no mention anywhere of apm though acpi defaults to S1 (I
> >> think that's "shutdown" as opposed to "sleep" or "suspend").
> >>
> >> Yet I find in my log:
> >>
> >> Aug 8 19:22:35 localhost kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03
> >> (Driver version 1.16ac)
> >> Aug 8 19:22:35 localhost kernel: apm: overridden by ACPI.
> >> Aug 8 19:23:50 localhost kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03
> >> (Driver version 1.16ac)
> >> Aug 8 19:23:50 localhost kernel: apm: overridden by ACPI.
> >>
> >> and apm.ko is
> >> at /lib/modules/2.6.8-3-k7/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.ko .
> >>
> >> Should it not have been removed with the other apm-related bits?
> >>
> >
> > apm.ko is the kernel module which contains the APM routines. As
> > such it is part of the kernel-image-2.6.8-3-k7 package. Removing
> > the apm daemon and apm-related library/tools packages does not (and
> > should not) result in the removal of kernel modules.
> >
> Ah. I should have realised. I feel silly... :)
>
> I was surprised it appeared in the logs, though. It does not appear
> in lsmod.
The log messages are telling you that apm is yielding to acpi, and
the former gives up and goes home. Hence no entry in the output of
lsmod.
> >> The only thing in Control Centre under Power Control is Laptop
> >> Battery. It reports:
> >>
> >> Your computer seems to have a partial ACPI installation. ACPI was
> >> probably enabled, but some of the sub-options were not - you need
> >> to enable at least 'AC Adaptor' and 'Control Method Battery' and
> >> then rebuild your kernel.
> >>
> >> Should there be more under Power Control? If so, how do I get it
> >> there?
> >
> > Try to modprobe "ac", "power" and "battery" and check if that makes
> > any difference.
> acpi-related modules in lsmod;
>
> thermal 12816 0
> fan 4044 0
> button 6360 0
> processor 17392 1 thermal
> ac 4876 0
> battery 9484 0
>
> Two of them are there. I modprobed power...
>
> Yewdales-lodge:~# modprobe power
> FATAL: Module power not found.
>
I don't know of a module called 'power'. Try this command to find
power-related modules:
find /lib/modules/$(uname-r) -name *power*
--
Liam
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