[PLUG] Power-Off problem

[Russell Evans]

Try passing 
apm=real-mode-poweroff
at the boot prompt.

If that works then append it to your boot loader.

Thank you
Russell


On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:36:47 +0800, Stephen Liu said:

> Hi Tony,
>  
>  There is no such an item in the CMOS of the motherboad.  I have been 
>  suffering this defect ever since I ran RH7.3.  I can power off manually 
>  without disturbance to the PC.  It is only inconvenient.
>  
>  Thanks
>  
>  Stephen
>  
>  
>  At 10:09 PM 10/16/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>  >Does power management need to be enabled in the CMOS setup to get this
>  >functionality to work? I can't recall and I don't want to reboot my box
>  >to find out.
>  >
>  >Tony
>  >
>  >On Wednesday 16 October 2002 21:16 pm, Kyle Accardi wrote:
>  > > Stephen Liu wrote:
>  > > > Hi All Folks,
>  > > >
>  > > > CPU  AMD Athlon 1.4G
>  > > > Motherboard      2thMax 8KHA
>  > > > ATX system
>  > > > OS    Rh8.0
>  > > >
>  > > > I suffered this problem since running RH7.3.  My RH8.0 was upgraded
>  > > > from a RH7.3 box
>  > > >
>  > > > During "shutdown PC" on graphic mode RH8.0 closed but the PC is not
>  > > > power-off.  Following text displayed on screen
>  > > >
>  > > > - snip -
>  > > > Halting system
>  > > > md: stopping all md devices
>  > > > flushing ide device : hda hdc hdd
>  > > > Power down
>  > > >
>  > > > The screen hangs here and power is still on.
>  > >
>  > > I've seen this, too.  Some machines power themselves off (ATX only?),
>  > > but not all.  Don't know what it is, but it is safe to hit the switch
>  > > when you see "Power down".
>  >
>  >--
>  >Anthony Schlemmer
>  >aschlemm at attbi.com
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
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