On 1/13/06, Felipe Ledesma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > My computer says "power down" when I shut it down. I just upgraded from > kernel 2.4 to 2.6 in Debian Sarge, and of course I want it to shutdown > automatically. What should I do to fix this? > > Thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
I had a bunch of crappy dells (is there any other kind?) that did this. I disabled acpi support via the kernel param: acpi=off I then added "apm" to /etc/modules so apm is loaded on every boot, and installed/started apmd (although apmd may not be necessary). be sure to add "acpi=off" to /boot/grub/menu.lst like: ## ## Start Default Options ## ## A FEW LINES OF COMMENTS IN HERE ... # kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro acpi=off then run (as root): update-grub then, reboot. I'm sure there's a way to get acpi to work, but apm has always "just worked" for me. -- Noah Dain "Single failures can occur for a variety of reasons that have nothing to do with a hardware defect, such as cosmic radiation ..." - IBM Thinkpad R40 maintenance manual, page 25
