On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 01:45:42PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:53:05PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On Friday 22 November 2002 23:48, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > hello all! > > > > > > is there a way in which i can make linux work in a similar way? meaning, > > > i select halt and just have to switch off the main switch? > > > > enable power management in your kernel. > > thanx for help. how? i am sorry if this seems like a basic question. i > am still a novice user. :)
Short answer: lilo parameter apm=on You know, you are asking lots of question here for basic GNU/Linux things. I think it is time for you to read some introductory book on Debian. Yep, how about reading my "Debian Reference". http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ For above question, it is detailed http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-apm Good luck using GNU/Linux :-) -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers : :' : http://qref.sf.net and http://people.debian.org/~osamu `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]