How to make power off

satimis · 04-22-2006, 10:04 AM

Hi folks,

FC5_64

# shutdown -h now

the PC is halted but not power off. Which file has to be edited for taking effect. TIA

B.R.
satimis

Lenard · 04-22-2006, 10:10 AM

Use poweroff instead.

satimis · 04-22-2006, 10:24 AM

Hi Lenard,

Tks for your advice. But still failed.

# poweroff

....
.....
Halting system ....
md: stopping all md device
md: md0 switched to read-only mode
Synchronizing SCSI cache for disk sda:
System halted

B.R.
satimis

Gethyn · 04-22-2006, 10:46 AM

So, it says "System halted" but the power doesn't switch off? Try adding the option 'apm=on' (without quotes) to your kernel boot options.

satimis · 04-22-2006, 11:03 AM

Hi Gethyn,

Tks for your advice.

This FC5_64 box boots automatically whenever switched on. Can I add it on /boot/grub/grub.conf

Code:

...
.....
title Fedora Core (2.6.16-1.2096_FC5)
        root (hd0,0) 
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb noapic apm=on quiet
                                                                      ^^^^^^

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Samoth · 04-22-2006, 11:23 AM

maybe...i dont use grub. it should work.