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Hi guys is there a command i can type to shutdown the system all together.
Cause i go to the console and type halt and she powers down but doest shut off is
there a command i can add to the halt command to shut her down.
you can edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file and uncomment the line
/sbin/modprobe apm like below...
#### APM support ###
# APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
# techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops.
/sbin/modprobe apm
reboot, and from now on when you type halt -n it will shut down completely
Last edited by detpenguin; 07-18-2005 at 01:21 PM.
I was facing the same problem. I newly recompiled kernel 2.6.12.3 and it wouldn't completely shut down. I tried all suggestions above and none worked. I then ran across this site and i recompiled my kernel to use ACPI Support. ( i'm not sure whether it was turned off by default or was it disabled by me )
I haven't done emerge and setup as the site suggested, but it worked fine.
I can now run 'shutdown -h 0' to completely shut down my pc.
Thanks gbonvehi. I stand corrected I haven't installed slack in a while. And slack is once installed, there's no looking back. It's quite stable. You just have to watch out for the updates. And the install is like a passing breeze that I forgot what took place. It only took me 20 mins with all the packages installed. The only time I install slack is when there's a new release. I love this distro!
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