On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Ashwin D wrote:
|On Monday 02 July 2001 19:00, you wrote:
|> No you can achieve the same with APM ... ACPI on linux is not all that
|> good... I was never able to shutdown my machine as long as I was using
|> ACPI ! (I used it from 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 .... got fed up and switched back to
|> APM in 2.4.5)
|I use the latest ac series and acpi is ok - though alan still does not
|recommend it. Know what - ACPI turns off power on my box even though mine is
|not an ATX!!! APM goes to power down.
Really weird! what mobo are you using ?
|
|> and for ACPI you also need to install the acpi daemon (acpid) !
|I did not do that. Maybe its reqd for power management, but for a simple
|power off - i did not need that.
With the acpid I can just push my power button and see the machine
shutdown ! :)
Kingsly
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