Very Computer

G'day,

Does anyone know of a way to shutdown Linux and then automatically turn off
(use of ATX Power) as in Windows.

Thanks

Darryl Cain

Have you tried halt -p? This *should* do a poweroff...

See if this command is supported and see what it does.....if you haven't
already.....

shutdown -h now

This will at least halt the machine.

-Dave-

Oh god!! please!  "shutdown -h now"  then click the power button!!!

I guess this feller does now about his power switch !

Dear Darryl !

Recompile the kernel (mine is 2.0.36, not sure if it works on earlier
releases) and select APM support. There is an option that will suit your
needs. If you activate Suspend mode, be sure to have the APM demon apmd
running, or else your system clock will play havoc.
See man apmd for details.

Regards, Jo"rn

Jaanus is right.

On Red Hat Systems...

Edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt
  Change the line with:
     command="halt"
  to
     command="halt -p"

Then a shutdown -h now will run halt -p instead of standard halt.

(You cannot hit the power button when the machine is not in the same
room/time zone/country/hemisphere)

Sincerely,
Todd A. Wood

Have to compile "power off on shut-down" in to the kernel as part of the
APM section, I believe ...

Then, halt should work just fine.

gus