On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 02:19:38PM -0700, Jimmy Richards wrote: > Hi All, > > I was wondering if anyone has gotten their system to power off upon > shutting down when using > kernels 2.4.x. I get an ACPI message, 'Could not enter S5'. My > understanding is that APM and ACPI > are mutually exclusive, so I do not think I should be trying to use APM. > But, I am not sure, because > the computer will power off when shut down using a 2.2.x kernel, which > does not have ACPI support. > So I am curious as to whether or not ACPI is just plain broken when it > comes to this feature, and just > wondering if anyone on this mailing list might have any insight.
I'm not sure actually. I have one system with ACPI, but interestingly enough it only has an AT power connector, so can't power off anyway. But I get the same message. -- Ferret
