Re: APM_power_off

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Mon Feb 28 2000 - 15:50:02 EST


Lars Vahlen wrote:
>
> Please dismiss if this is irrelevant to the forum.
>
> On my Athlon 500/Microstar 6167 - machine, the power-off on shutdown
> does not work with 2.3.47 as it does with 2.2.13. Does anyone know why
> that is?

Because you are using outdated technology! APM must die, die, die...

Download and install acpid, and enable CONFIG_ACPI. Power-off on
shutdown will work beautifully. Forget about APM, you shouldn't use
such an old technology on such a nice new machine ;-)

-- 
Jeff Garzik              | "Are you the police?"
Building 1024            | 
MandrakeSoft, Inc.       | "No ma'am.  We're musicians."

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