I don't really have an answer, but sometimes on my machine I have to hold the
button for like 5 seconds before it shuts off, and at other times it just shuts
off with no problem.
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On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 09:26:26PM -0700, Dumb wrote:
I don't really have an answer, but sometimes on my machine I have to hold the
button for like 5 seconds before it shuts off, and at other times it just
shuts
off with no problem.
It very likely could be a BIOS issue. It sounds like on
Dumb wrote:
I don't really have an answer, but sometimes on my machine I have to hold the
button for like 5 seconds before it shuts off, and at other times it just
shuts
off with no problem.
I don't have an answer either, but I have had interesting experiences
wrt auto power off.
Windows
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:28:33PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote:
So you could try:
- compiling your own 2.2 kernel
- upgrading to a 2.4 kernel
Here's a fairly painless idea. If you're using the stock debian
kernel-image, add a line to your /etc/lilo.conf:
append=apm=on
and run lilo as
With an ATX computer (almost all new computers are ATX and have ATX
power supplies, ATX cases, and ATX mainboards) the power button is
connected to the mainboard instead of the power supply. This gives the
operating system the ability to do things like sync the disks before the
power actually
no effect. You will have to hold down the power button for 5 seconds to
Sorry, I believe this is unimportant, but it's normally 4 seconds on all ATX
motherboards.
Regards,
Martin.
Martin Marconcini wrote:
Sorry, I believe this is unimportant, but it's normally 4 seconds on all ATX
motherboards.
I once read it was 5 seconds, but I've never actually timed it myself.
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:19:58PM -0500, Shawn Yarbrough wrote:
Martin Marconcini wrote:
Sorry, I believe this is unimportant, but it's normally 4 seconds on all ATX
motherboards.
I once read it was 5 seconds, but I've never actually timed it myself.
Heh, a nitpickfest. Some bioses have
Patrick Mauro wrote:
Get this, when I hold my power button for five seconds, it shuts down. But
when
I release the button, it turns on again (and starts into the BIOS stuff)
That is strange. I have trouble believing that this is the intended
behavior. Could the switch itself be bad?
Martin Marconcini wrote:
Sorry, I believe this is unimportant, but it's normally 4
seconds on all ATX motherboards.
I once read it was 5 seconds, but I've never actually timed
it myself.
Heh, I just hold the power button in 'til it works ;-)
Hall
I would have been inclined to agree with the bios idea, but I haven't changed
my bios settings at all, and it works find under windows.
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 12:05:20AM -0500, Matthew Bryant Baxa wrote:
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 09:26:26PM -0700, Dumb wrote:
I don't really have an answer, but
Nathan E Norman wrote:
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:28:33PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote:
So you could try:
- compiling your own 2.2 kernel
- upgrading to a 2.4 kernel
Here's a fairly painless idea. If you're using the stock debian
kernel-image, add a line to your /etc/lilo.conf:
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