auto switch off

stabu · 10-01-2005, 09:11 AM

a very basic function ... you "halt" and Slack winds down, but computer doesn´t actually switch off, i.e. "Power Off" is reported but computer stays running.

This only seems to happen to in Slack, with all of my 3 boxes. Don´t know where to start looking ... BIOS issue?

This feature or efect must be a standard SW-HW command because most OSes are able to it on all types of PCs.

Anybody any clues?

phil.d.g · 10-01-2005, 09:18 AM

Sounds like you may need to load the apm module, if you are using a standard slackware kernel

Code:

modprobe apm

if this works then either find the line

Code:

#/sbin/modprobe apm

in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and uncomment it or if you can't find that line just add it in minus the hash at the beginning

stabu · 10-01-2005, 09:34 AM

thanks phil.d.g,
that did the job alright.

Might the kernel option "apm=power-off" have something to do with this also?

Sorry the best way to find this out is to un-insmod the module again and try it out! Ack! you know the usual laziness made me ask that!

Cheers

phil.d.g · 10-01-2005, 09:45 AM

I don't know, I haven't come accross that option before

stabu · 10-01-2005, 10:15 AM

nope. dinna work. that kernel option I mean. Maybe it's a debian only type kernel option.

I feel it's a bit much to have a module hogging memory for the sole purpose off having a neat power-down.

You'd swear my config was optimised to bleeding edge condition - far from it! ... so I'll stick to putting apm as module.

cheers!

samael26 · 10-01-2005, 11:36 AM

I think that if you install with the 'bare.acpi' option, you never run into that kind of problem.

phil.d.g · 10-01-2005, 12:08 PM

If you compile your own kernels you could compile apm directly into the kernel