Power down (slacked)

[viscia]

Mucking about from a slackware 8.0 install that doesn't know to turn off my computer-

Reaches "power down" state and just sits there, ironically the actual power button doesn't work unless I reset the thing and turn it off before the kernel starts up.

Using an ECS K7VZA mb..

Used to use Mandrake 8.0 which set that up fine, so there has to be a fix.

[jaygee432]

If you have apm set up in your bios, then just add a line for the apm module in rc.modules: /sbin/modprobe apm.

[Craig McPherson]

In order for the system to actually power-off, there are three requirements:

1. An ATX motherboard (some AT motherboards might work, maybe).

2. APM power support in the kernel.

3. An APM-compliant version of the "shutdown" program and similar tools.

It's 99% certani that your problem is #2 -- you just don't have APM built into your kernel, or you have it built as a module but it's not inserted. This is normal. Just recompile the kernel with APM support, and you should be set, or, if you already have it built as a module, just set the system to modprobe the module on bootup.

[ 29 September 2001: Message edited by: Craig McPherson ]