Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 18:17 -0400, rob wrote:
>
>> How do you get power pitten to shutdown and power off Gentoo box????
>>
>
> What happens now when you press the power button? What does your syslog
> say?
>
> First of all, you need an ATX motherboard. (Any motherboard newer than
> about 7/8 or so years ago). Then you need ACPI compiled into your
> kernel, as well as `emerge acpid`.
>
> Finally, if it still doesn't work, post what you see from
> tail -f /var/log/messages
> or whatever your syslog is, when you press the power button.
>
> post back if that doesn't work!
>
Only a small addition to Mr. Iain Buchanan's reply.
You have to activate "button" under ACPI in the kernel:
cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig
-> Power management options (ACPI, APM) ->
ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support
-> Button <*> ---- here say "YES"
After emergeing acpid and runing it, you should have "shutdown now"
mapped to your power button.
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Best regards,
Daniel
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