> > Hi
> > I've installed RedHat 6.0 - with KDE, and getting to grips with
it...
> > but every time I shutdown, the machine doesn't power down. I get a
> > message 'Powerdown' as the last item on the screen, but the machine
> > doesn't turn off.
> > It's a relatively recent Supermicro motherboard with American
Megatrends
> > BIOS (with
> > ACPI); with Win98 the PC powers down automatically on shutdown. Can
> > Linux do the same - if so, what should I do to make it do it? I run
> > Linux from a boot disk, for the moment, though shortly moving to use
> > loadlin.
> > It's getting to be a pain to reboot, start Win98 and then shutdown
> > again. :-(
> > --
> > Julian Rush
> > Spam-protected: Reverse xepip for e-mail address.
> Buried at the bottom of the chain right now should be the answer you
want.
> I had the
> same problems with RH6.0 until I realized that they didn't have power
off
> on shutdown
> compiled into their kernel. A quick kernel re-compile should solve
your
> problems.
Hmm, this puzzles me. I have the following scenario with RH6.0:
* First, I install it on a fairly modern machine (Compaq 450 MHz Intel
Pentium II, 440 BX chipset). The poweroff works as it should.
* Then I install it on an old 486 - the poweroff does not work,
message in log says, like you point out, no apm support in kernel.
* During the installation (using boot disc for NFS install) it did
powerdown properly. (I went for a beer ;-)
So the install kernel on the boot diskette supports apm but not the
installed kernel? Ok, but why does it work on the compaq. I did install
less stuff on the 486, is the support in a module?
Anyone out there that can spread some light over this?
Thanks
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