If memory serves you have to have power management fully enabled in the BIOS then it will shut down automaticallu.
Stewart On Tuesday 19 February 2002 9:52 am, you wrote: > Hello all > > This should be a fairly simple one: when I log out from Linux, my PC goes > through the whole shutdown process, displays 'power down' on the screen, > and then waits for me to manually switch the machine off. Is this a Linux > feature or should the PC be able to switch itself off? > By the way, it will happily reboot the machine if I ask it to, and Win98 > has no problems switching off the PC itself. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Richard > --------------------------------------------- > > machine runs Win98/Mandrake 8.1 > Duron 800Mhz > 128MB ram > Gigabyte VIA KT133E motherboard. > hard drive: Western Digital 20GB > graphics card: Nvidia Vanta TNT2 > sound: soundblaster PCI128 (detected as Ensoniq 5880) > CD burner: Aopen CRW9624 > > > *********************************************************************** > This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named > recipient(s) only and are confidential and may be privileged. > If they have come to you in error you must take no action based > on them, nor must you copy or disclose them or any part of > their contents to any person or organisation; please notify the > sender immediately and delete this e-mail and its attachments from > your computer system. > > Please note that Internet communications are not necessarily secure > and may be changed, intercepted or corrupted. We advise that > you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us > and we will not accept any liability for any such changes, > interceptions or corruptions. > > Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and its > attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping > with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they > are actually virus free. > > Copyright in this e-mail and attachments created by us belongs > to Littlewoods. > > Littlewoods takes steps to prohibit the transmission of offensive, > obscene or discriminatory material. If this message contains > inappropriate material please forward the e-mail intact to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it will be investigated. > Statements and opinions contained in this e-mail may not > necessarily represent those of Littlewoods. > > Please note that e-mail communication may be monitored. > > Registered office: > Littlewoods Retail Limited, > Sir John Moores Building, > 100 Old Hall Street, > Liverpool, > L70 1AB > Registered no: 421258 > > http://www.littlewoods.com > ***********************************************************************
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