[PLUG] Power off on shutdown: Slackware-9.1

AthlonRob AthlonRob at axpr.net
Thu Oct 16 17:41:01 UTC 2003


On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 17:21, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   Does anyone know what I need to configure (and how) so that when I issue
> 'shutdown -h now' the system powers off automatically at the end?

Pick either APM or ACPI and implement it... 

I, personally, like ACPI, but APM is more tried-and-true.

IIRC, modprobe apm and maybe loading apmd (although I don't know that
that is required) allows the system to power itself down.

Rob





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