dman, Thanks for this info. I was previously using the potato kernel 2.2.? and did the "apm=on" in lilo.conf and when I gave it a shutdown it shutdown. Then I moved up to hernel 2.4.12 and I had to manually shutdown my laptop, the "apm=on" was still in lilo.conf so I was stumped. As you said inset apm into /etc/modules and it will work that is the step I forgot. Did that and now it works thanks for the information. Don --- dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 08:19:42AM -0800, jennyw > wrote: > | I don't know ... I did a dist-upgrade. Would that > upgrade the kernel? > > No. > > What does > > $ cat /proc/version > > say? > > | When I type poweroff, it does the same thing as > before, the computer > | just doesn't power down ... it unmounts all file > systems then says power > | off computer (or something like that) same as > before -- it's just that > | the computer remains on. > | > | I guess the solution is to recompile the kernel? > > That should only be necessary if apm support was not > compiled at all. > Did you make a custom kernel? If not, then apm > support was compile, > you just need to enable it. > > What does > > $ cat /proc/cmdline > > say? Does it have "apm=on" in it? > > If you have a 2.4 kernel, does > > $ /sbin/lsmod | grep apm > > output anything? > > > Regardless of whether you have a 2.2 or 2.4 kernel > you need to put > "apm=on" in the kernel command line. This is done > via your boot > loader's configuration. (if you custom compile your > kernel and say > "Y" to apm then this is not necessary, but for the > packaged kernels it > is). If you have a 2.4 kernel you need to load the > 'apm' module > before shutting down the system. The easiest way is > to add 'apm' to > /etc/modules. (again, this is for the packaged > kernels, if you > compiled your own and said "Y" this is not > necessary) > > HTH, > -D > > -- > > For society, it's probably a good thing that > engineers value function > over appearance. For example, you wouldn't want > engineers to build > nuclear power plants that only _look_ like they > would keep all the > radiation inside. > (Scott Adams - The Dilbert principle) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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