Re: Power control question
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 03:23:53PM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: Hello, Joel Mayes wrote: Just a quick question, how do i configure my Debian testing box so that the poweroff command actualy powers down my computer ? I'm using the standard 2.2.18pre21 kernel that come with debian. If the standard Debian kernel has APM enabled (wouldn't know, I always compile kernels myself), then at the LILO prompt (provided you use LILO), give it the parameter apm=on. This should, at least on an ATX machine, power off the computer on shutdown. Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/ Thanks, Victor That sounds like a good solution, APM is enabled but in the standard kernel but is turned off by default, ( or at least thats what my reading of boot logs tells me ) Cheers Joel Mayes
Power control question
G'day All, Just a quick question, how do i configure my Debian testing box so that the poweroff command actualy powers down my computer ? I'm using the standard 2.2.18pre21 kernel that come with debian. Thanks Joel
Re: Power control question
Hello, Joel Mayes wrote: Just a quick question, how do i configure my Debian testing box so that the poweroff command actualy powers down my computer ? I'm using the standard 2.2.18pre21 kernel that come with debian. If the standard Debian kernel has APM enabled (wouldn't know, I always compile kernels myself), then at the LILO prompt (provided you use LILO), give it the parameter apm=on. This should, at least on an ATX machine, power off the computer on shutdown. Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
