Re: Laptop not shutting down on halt w/ 2.1.8[56]

Roderich Schupp (rsch@ExperTeam.de)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 23:51:24 +0100


parsley@roanoke.infi.net said:
> I've seen some comments on laptop screen blanking and such, but
> haven't heard (or don't recall) any mention of laptops not shutting
> down on halt. With this kernel-config option under 2.0.33, it works;
> but not under 2.1.8[56] - the machine stops, but power stays on & I
> have to hit
Since around 2.1.52 the CONFIG_APM_POWER_OFF option only enables
you to use the power-off feature, but doesn't actually trigger it.
Instead you do it with a special argument to the halt/reboot system
call. Recent versions of the sysvinit package contain the necessary code.
>From the man page:
NAME
halt, reboot, poweroff - stop the system.
SYNOPSIS
/sbin/halt [-n] [-w] [-d] [-f] [-i] [-p]
/sbin/reboot [-n] [-w] [-d] [-f] [-i]
/sbin/poweroff [-n] [-w] [-d] [-f] [-i]
OPTIONS
....
-p When halting the system, do a poweroff. This is the
default when halt is called as poweroff.
Cheers, Roderich

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