Do you have "apm=power_off" passed to your kernel? Andrei
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:06:26 +0000 "Elmer E. Dow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > > Noah Dain wrote: > > > >>> 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? > >> > >> > >> 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. > > > > > > On my Thinkpad R51 upgrading to a newer kernel (I now run a custom > > 2.6.12) did the trick (now I can use acpi). > > > > Johannes > > > > > I have an old Dell 333 desktop with Sarge and 2.6 kernel. I tried the > above instructions with no success. Any further ideas? > > Elmer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
