Re: APM support with the Linux 2.1.108 kernel

Paul (PELaufer@CSUPomona.edu)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 06:55:14 +0000

In your /etc/rc.0 file (or is it rc.6?) you have to add a "-p" to the last
instance of the "halt" command in the script. If you have a combined shutdown and
halt script (like me) then put it after the last instance of $(command) or
something similar (near the end of the file). That should be it :)

~Paul

woody@chunnel.oca.udayton.edu wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, C. Scott Ananian wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Steve Meisner wrote:
> >
> > > I did (upgrade shutdown) and it still doesn't work for me. Must be something
> > > with my hardware, 2.0.x kernels are ok, 2.1.x just does a normal halt.
> >
> > Make sure that your init is updated as well. Shutdown is a complex
> > process. The 'shutdown' program just sends a signal to init using
> > telinit, IIRC.
>
> Any other instructions on how to do this? I just downloaded sysinit 2.74
> from sunsite... and there weren't any specific instructions on getting
> poweroff to work. I tried a couple of hacks, but my kernel 2.0.105 still
> refuses to poweroff... even with APM in the kernel. Is there a trick I'm
> missing?
>
> I've got an ASUS TX97XE MB... I know it should support APM poweroff...
> Thanks...
>
> -Woody
> balint@udayton.edu
>
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