On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Oliver L. Plaine Jr. wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 03:19:01 +0200
> someone said:
> >> yeah...anyway. Why would you want to shut it down. It is more than able
> >> to run indefinately without being rebooted or shutdown. that's the Linux
> >> way!
> >
> and Mogens answered:
> >In my simple opinion - we are some, who cares about the escalating
> >power-consumption.
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> Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:49:20
>
> I agree Mogens, needless waste also bothers me, water running all
> night in the river bothers me 8-)
>
> The single factor which does not allow me to run 24-7 is the
> constant heavy thunderstorms with lightning to shatter your day...I
> must shut down for fear of that ,and know if I run all night I will
> surely awake to a hard drive that looks like raisin toast....
>
> I would imagine there are actually more ops that shutdown
> daily for various reasons than ones who run 24-7?
>
> ps. there is something wrong with your keyboard Mogens. the a
> and the e seem stuck together <grin>.
>
> Olly P
> Biloxi
> Mississippi
> ------------
> "and the rains came....and washed all the crops away"
>
Sorry if this has been answered, I don't see a real one. Anyway to make
linux shutdown (poweroff) when halted you need to configure some things in
your kernel. If I remember correctly Linux-Mandrake comes with these
settings by default. Anyway with 2.2.16 (similar in other versions) you
need to select 'Advanced Power Management BIOS support' under 'General
Setup', this should be all you need. If your BIOS is buggy (ie if the
previous doesn't work) you can also try enableing 'Use real mode APM BIOS
call to power off'. Also note in earlier kernels (prior to 2.2.15?) there
is also an option something like 'Power off on shutdown', which needs to
be checked also. Hope that helps.
BTW: I have one computer I leave on all the time (server) and one that I
shut off regularly (my workstation), both run linux only . . . so I am
rather neutral on the debate!
Cheers ;)
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