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 >
