Yes. Compile APM support into your kernel and read the options as you do
so. My laptop shuts off automagically. (And yes, I really had done an
"oops" and put the kernel into the wrong directory and it works fine now.
Thanks for all the help.)
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, ^Mr^ wrote:
> 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 )
>
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