On Thursday 27 November 2003 02:46, Akira Kitada wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 02:04:12PM +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > > On Monday 24 November 2003 15:19, Akira Kitada wrote: > > > ?????CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y > > > > I found that this didn't do me any good... Perhaps that could be > > it? > > > > Best, > > you mean culprit of this is "REAL_MODE"?
Yep. > I don't know about it so much but I found some > description of this on > http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Battery-Powered/powermgm.html Yup! I don't know much about it either, but I struggled with it for about a year..., recorded in my /. journal: http://slashdot.org/~KjetilK/journal/12005 > -- > Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off > (CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF): This is a workaround for a number > of broken BIOSes. > If your computer crashes instead of powering off properly, turn this > on. -- > > I wonder this means if you don't use "broken BIOSes", don't turn it > on? Yes, exactly! What I finally did was to compile APM as a module, nothing else at all. That worked. The simplest possibility... Meanwhile, I had been struggling with things like I2C to see if that had any relevance (it didn't), and whatnot... :-) Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski-orienteer/Orienteer/Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
