indeed, booting with append=" apm=on nls_cp950 nls_cp437" causes the second line not to appear in /var/log/messages anymore: Jun 14 09:10:51 debian kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.13) Jun 14 09:10:51 debian kernel: apm: disabled on user request. and allows shutdown -h now to really poweroff the whole computer.
However, no matter how I inquire to the kernel, e.g. lsmod, it doesn't mention apm. Also my futile attempt to load those two code pages doesn't get any mention of success or failure in /var/log/*. I was trying to read Chinese vfat filenames. Also dmesg is not in the log rotation scheme, why? -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
