On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:02:58 +0000 "Elmer E. Dow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Vincent Smeets wrote: > > > Hallo, > > > > I have an old (1999) computer too. dmesg showed that the kernel does > > find my ACPI but doesn't use it because my bios is too old. It says > > something like "... bios too old (1999 < 2001)". I now use the kernel > > parameter "acpi=force" and now the kernel is using my ACPI. Poweroff > > does now realy switch the power off! > > > I've read that acpi=force works with 2.4 kernels but not 2.6 like mine. > What kernel are you using? If you look at your dmesg it suggests just that, enabling it. It can't hurt to try > Also, power management is enabled in the bios. Is that correct or is it > fighting apm? > > Elmer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
