On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Nick Hastings wrote: >Hi, > >* James Ng Yuen Sum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030627 11:11]: >> I have installed the debian system several times. In the first time, >> after the installation, the computer can shut down automatically.(that >> means the computer can shut down with the power off automatically when >> you switch "shut down the computer" in the kdm.
Yeah, I've been struggling with this too, and it has now gone from a minor annoyance, to a big pain... I don't understand why I can't get it working... Knoppix does it, so... So I'm glad you asked, so I can follow up... >This is done by apm. It sounds like you run a fairly stock set up, so >you should be able to get this working fairly easily. I've compiled my own kernel, and this is my current config: CONFIG_APM=m # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y >Add the following line to your /etc/lilo.conf and then run lilo (both >must be done as root). > >append="apm=on" Yeah, I've added that. But I also heard you had to have apm=power-off too, so I added that too... And, indeed, dmesg has: Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=301 apm=on apm=power-off Looks OK? >You may also need to add apm to the list of modules to be loaded at >boot: > >echo apm >> /etc/modules That's the new thing I gleaned from this thread (thanks a lot everybody), it's there, allright. And dmesg ends with apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16) so it all looks good, doesn't it....? But it still doesn't do a real shutdown... :-( When it comes to "Power Down", all that happens is that the fan in the PSU stops, but that's it. The rest has power, even a CD playing from the CD drive using the through the soundcard will continue playing... All the other fans are still going. Untill I hit The Button... :-) I've actually had a piece about this in my /. journal for some time...: http://slashdot.org/~KjetilK/journal/12005 (but it hasn't been sufficiently annoying for me to start annoying others with it... :-) ). Any ideas? Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Recent astrophysics graduate Problems worthy of attack University of Oslo, Norway Prove their worth by hitting back E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Piet Hein Homepage <URL:http://folk.uio.no/kjetikj/> [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
