Shutdown and turn off?

LaoTzuTao · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:25 am Post subject: Shutdown and turn off?

For some reason when I run shutdown in Gentoo, it shuts everything down but doesn't actually turn the computer off, it just finishes and then tells me to power off. It doesn't matter if i select shutdown from kdm, or if I type it in console. All other distro's I've used shutdown and turn off. How can I make Gentoo do this too?
Thanks!

- John
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steveb · Advocate Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 4564

did you enable apm in your kernel? i think you need apm support to turn off your computer with a shutdown.

cheers

SteveB

LaoTzuTao · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:48 am Post subject:

Hmm, no it sure isn't, is that all I'd need to do?
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CheshireCat · Guru Joined: 25 Aug 2002 Posts: 572

That or ACPI, your system may have one or the other, I think if you enable one that your system doesn't support, it will do no harm (check kernel source docs to be sure). You should also install acpid or apmd, they let your system interact with power management events, so you can do things like have it shut down gracefully when the power button is pressed.

barlad · l33t Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 673

first you need to figure out wether you are using ACPI or APM. Most likely it's ACPI (unless it's a notebook).
Next, get into the configuration menu of your kernel.

You need to enable Power Management Support, ACPI support, Power Button Events - and all the other stuff you may want.
Install the new kernel. You need to emerge acpid now.

peterk0 · Apprentice Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 188 Location: Prague

LaoTzuTao · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 2:14 pm Post subject:

Well I have no idea how to check whether I have ACPI or APM but I went into my kernel and my gf's, (I just installed Gentoo on her comp the other day, it woudln't shut down either) and all I did was enable APM, under power management, on both computer's, and that did the trick. So I suppose both our computers do use APM? How could I check?
- John
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guero61 · l33t Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 811 Location: Behind you

Depends on how new your machine is. ACPI machines are newer and will handle APM commands. If you want to use pure ACPI (gentoo-sources-2.4.20), you must enable both ACPI (which actually handles stuff other than poweroff -- soft power buttons, fan speeds, and such) and "Power Management" which, in my "make xconfig" is right above APM.

Your BIOS should tell you, should you really need to know precisely.