On 1/16/06, Elmer E. Dow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > >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] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > Just tried adding apm=power_off to /boot/grub/menu.lst. No change in > behavior. Still no shutting off at powerdown. > > Elmer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
we probably need to see your dmesg right after boot. there may be something in there to hint at what it wrong. dmesg > file.txt -- 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
