On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:49:55 +0000 "Elmer E. Dow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 January 2006 12:58 pm, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:17:59 +0000 > > > > "Elmer E. Dow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > >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 > > > > > > acpi=force works! I first tried removing apmd, deleting apm in > > > /etc/modules and adding acpi there. I also installed acpid and so on, > > > but the machine complained of fatal errors, etc. So I uninstalled acpid, > > > deleted acpi in /etc/modules and left just acpi=force in menu.lst -- and > > > it worked. > > > > > > So now I'm wondering how this works without the acpi module or having > > > acpi compiled into the kernel. Does forcing acpi just makes it use the > > > power management in the bios? > > > > > > Thanks, gentlemen, for your kind assistance. > > > > > > Elmer > > > > lsmod should tell you what modules you have loaded. I bet 'acpi' is there. > > You should also install acpid and acpitool to have some control/monitoring > > (was that a laptop?). But that's just fine-tuning ;) > > > > > > Andrei > > -- > > No acpi in the list from lsmod. > > The computer in question is an old Dell 333 desktop. Acpi works ok on my IBM > R40 laptop. Lsmod on the latter doesn't list acpi, but does list ac and > battery which are related tools. Acpid works on the laptop, but just results > in logging fatal errors on the desktop. > > Elmer Even now with the 'acpi=force' option? It's normal to have errors because acpi was turned off in your previous attempt, but what the heck...important is you have the shutdown issue solved ;) 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]