Shutdown problem....

MikeFoo1 · 02-17-2005, 03:47 PM

Hi there,

I have a small problem.I am currently using shutdown -ah so bring the system down.And so it does, the only thing is that after:

Quote:

...........
all ide devices flushed ...
Power down.

the pc still keeps on working so i have push the power down to turn it off. How can i resolve this ?

PS i am running Slackware.

Thanks.

reddazz · 02-17-2005, 04:14 PM

You need to make sure you have apm installed or enabled.

MikeFoo1 · 02-17-2005, 06:16 PM

Thanks for your reply.

That's what i have :

Quote:

apm -v
No APM support in kernel

I guess i have to compile a custom kernel ?!

tsphan · 02-17-2005, 10:54 PM

if apm doesn't work, your computer probably uses ACPI, and if ACPI is compiled and it doesn't work, check your "dmesg" (command) to see if ACPI is running.

vharishankar · 02-17-2005, 11:18 PM

Yes you need to compile the power management support in the kernel. I don't exactly remember the option in make xconfig, but I'll try to find out.

MikeFoo1 · 02-17-2005, 11:44 PM

Problem solved ! Just needed to uncomment one line in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules .

Thanks for the help guys :-) .

Bruce Hill · 02-22-2005, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MikeFoo1
Problem solved ! Just needed to uncomment one line in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules .

Thanks for the help guys :-) .

Please post which line you uncommented,
so that others searching will learn...

d4d4n9 · 03-06-2005, 06:49 PM

Yes, please

Post the line which should be uncommented to solve the power-down problem.
Got that problem in ubuntu distro.
Thanks in advance.
Regards.

Bruce Hill · 03-06-2005, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by d4d4n9
Yes, please :)

Post the line which should be uncommented to solve the power-down problem.
Got that problem in ubuntu distro.
Thanks in advance.
Regards.

It's probably this line

Code:

/sbin/modprobe apm

which enables APM, but I can't answer for him.
That is the only way I've gotten it to work in Slack.
It doesn't work at all for me with ACPI -- only APM.

tsphan · 03-07-2005, 06:04 PM

i got acpi working by appending this to the boot:

acpi=force

artificialGekko · 03-07-2005, 08:02 PM

I got the same problem in Suse, but I'll surely try and solve it with this now.

What does apm stand for?

Bruce Hill · 03-07-2005, 08:15 PM

"man apm"

Code:

apm - query Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS