> i have linux and windoze 95 on my ibm thinkpad ... anyways , when i do a
> shutdown on win95 , it'll see the screen shutting down , but it doesn't
> show the it is now safe to shutdown ... instead it really shut down's
> my computer , as if it had pressed the power off button on my computer
> .. i wonder if linux can do that .. if yes , how ?
> ( i'm too lazy to wait for the your system is halted text msg before
> manually pressing the power off button )
it's possible. you need to configure the kernel to support APM and enable
'power off on shutdown'.
it works great on my toshiba tecra500cs
good luck,
gernot
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