Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-27 Thread John Summerfield
Kent West wrote: 2) If you're really running a 386, that kernel is acceptable, but if you've got a Pentium-class machine, you might want to upgrade to a -586, or -686, or -K7, etc kernel, which is optimized for these other CPUs. Just do an "apt-get search kernel-image | more" to see what kernel

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-27 Thread Kent West
Adam Funk wrote: I've done that sort of thing before so I'll stick with it instead of using the GUI version [e.g. 'modconf' - Kent]. Which of these modules do I need to load for this? /lib/modules/2.4.23-1-386/kernel/drivers/acpi/ac.o /lib/modules/2.4.23-1-386/kernel/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.o /lib

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-27 Thread Kent West
Adam Funk wrote: I've done that sort of thing before so I'll stick with it instead of using the GUI version [e.g. 'modconf' - Kent]. Which of these modules do I need to load for this? /lib/modules/2.4.23-1-386/kernel/drivers/acpi/ac.o /lib/modules/2.4.23-1-386/kernel/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.o /lib

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-27 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Piers Kittel wrote: Upgraded to the 2.4.27 kernels on both my work and home computers but now I find that they both don't power the computer off automatically, I have to push the power button manually when the computers has shut down - how to make it

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-27 Thread yndy
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Piers Kittel wrote: > Upgraded to the 2.4.27 kernels on both my work and home computers but > now I find that they both don't power the computer off automatically, I > have to push the power button manually when the computers has shut down > - how to make it turn itself off no

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-27 Thread Adam Funk
On Friday 27 August 2004 04:10, Kent West wrote: > It's a point-and-click type application for loading/unloading modules. > In addition, it'll add (and remove?) module entries from > "/etc/modules". > > If you know the name of the module you wish to install (see > /lib/modules/[kernel-version/ di

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-26 Thread Kent West
Adam Funk wrote: On Thursday 26 August 2004 16:00, Kent West wrote: I think what Adam might want to do is to run "modconf", go down to the "kernel/drivers/acpi" section, and install any necessary features in that manner. (I think different versions of modconf look different, so if you're not run

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-26 Thread Adam Funk
On Thursday 26 August 2004 16:00, Kent West wrote: > I think it's a good learning process to be able to roll your own, but > just to get standard hardware features to work, it's a bit overkill > for the majority of new users coming into the GNU/Linux camp. (Still, > as Loki says, it's a good thing

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-26 Thread Kent West
Loki wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Adam Funk wrote: On Wednesday 25 August 2004 20:10, Adam Funk wrote: How do you enable APM or ACPI in the kernel? Let me rephrase that. How can I enable ACPI in a stock Debian kernel? (I have no experienc

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-26 Thread Loki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Adam Funk wrote: > On Wednesday 25 August 2004 20:10, Adam Funk wrote: > > > How do you enable APM or ACPI in the kernel? > > Let me rephrase that. How can I enable ACPI in a stock Debian kernel? > (I have no experience in compil

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-26 Thread Adam Funk
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 20:10, Adam Funk wrote: > How do you enable APM or ACPI in the kernel? Let me rephrase that. How can I enable ACPI in a stock Debian kernel? (I have no experience in compiling my own kernel.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-25 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 08:21:52PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > It is by no means obsolete. I use it in place of ACPI where necessary, since > ACPI support has been more flaky than pie pastry. Oops. Must have misremebered... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-25 Thread Tal Amir
cd into your kernel source directory, and start the configuration program ('make menuconfig' in most cases..) you will need to have 'make' and other tools installed in order to do so (ncurses and a bunch of other dependencies) in your kernel config, go to the power management section and choose

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-25 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 12:16:57PM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > Last I heard APM is obsolete in favor of ACPI, but I use APM instead > because my {2.2.20 kernel, motherboard} doesn't support ACPI. It is by no means obsolete. I use it in place of ACPI where necessary, since ACPI support has been

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-25 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 06:49:39PM +, Adam Funk wrote: > On Tuesday 24 August 2004 22:20, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:09:02PM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: > >> Upgraded to the 2.4.27 kernels on both my work and home computers but > >> now I find that they both don't pow

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-25 Thread Adam Funk
On Tuesday 24 August 2004 22:20, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:09:02PM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: >> Upgraded to the 2.4.27 kernels on both my work and home computers but >> now I find that they both don't power the computer off automatically, >> I have to push the power button

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-24 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:09:02PM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: > Upgraded to the 2.4.27 kernels on both my work and home computers but > now I find that they both don't power the computer off automatically, I > have to push the power button manually when the computers has shut down > - how to mak

Re: Computers doesn't power off

2004-08-24 Thread Thomas Adam
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:09:02PM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: > Upgraded to the 2.4.27 kernels on both my work and home computers but > now I find that they both don't power the computer off automatically, I > have to push the power button manually when the computers has shut down > - how to mak