[ale] RedHat 7.2 Power Off Doesn't :-(

[keith frost]

when i switched from mdk 8.0 with it's 2.4 to debian
sid with it's 2.2 the power dowsn quit working also. 
i've recompiled my kernel and everything.



--- ChrisColeman at mail.clayton.edu wrote:
> I use "halt -p" to power off my laptop under RH 7.2.
> You could setup an
> alias:
> 
> alias halt="halt -p"
> 
> Chris Coleman
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Cox [mailto:danscox at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 8:09 AM
> To: ALE Mailing List
> Subject: [ale] RedHat 7.2 Power Off Doesn't :-(
> 
> 
> I've been running RH 6.2 on my notebook for over a
> year.  I was using
> the 2.4.17-XFS kernel, with APM.  "halt", "shutdown
> -h now", and "init
> 0" all worked as expected, with the "Power down"
> message, and the system
> would turn itself off.  Fine, dandy, just what I
> wanted!
> 
> Then, I upgraded to RH 7.2.  Everything else works
> peachy.  It just
> won't power off.  I've tired both APM, and ACPI. 
> I've rather confused,
> since before and after the upgrade, the kernel was
> the same, and it's
> the kernel that requests the power be cut.  I'm at a
> loss, though.
> 
> Ideas?  Thoughts?  Incantations?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- 
> kernel, n.: A part of an operating system that
> preserves the
> medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.
> 
> Danny
> 
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