Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-12 Thread RickSisler
Tom Brinkman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Saturday 11 December 2004 03:50 pm, RickSisler wrote: > > Also drawing from your experience, > > wouldn't *dmidecode* be of use in this case to see what a bios > > supports ? > About all you can do with Linux is to try trial'n error to see > if your

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-12 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 11 December 2004 03:50 pm, RickSisler wrote: > Also drawing from your experience, > wouldn't *dmidecode* be of use in this case to see what a bios > supports ? > > The reason I ask, IIRC ..was of a post about what the bios > reporting information, on this list or the expert list .. > ar

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem (update)

2004-12-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 12 December 2004 06:01, Keith Powell wrote: > Also, there are no Newbie archives for December. > So I can't check there. Keith, there are more than one archive. Try here : http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/maillist.html Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microso

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 11 December 2004 07:03, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 09:37 pm, care free wrote: > > I wonder if it is acpi=on or set you acpi on in your bios > > > > J.T. > >According to past and present kernel-parameters.txt, acpi=on > is _not_ a valid option. >

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem (update)

2004-12-11 Thread care free
ction automatically. I wonder if it has anything to do with the bios. J.T. From: Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem (update) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:14:26 + Things have changed regarding my

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-11 Thread RickSisler
Tom Brinkman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I appreciate the addition Rick. Let me take this opportunity > to add a caution to your post, but more so to previous replies I > sent in this thread. > > ** Unless you know what you're doing, don't edit kernel config > files by hand and then

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem (solved)

2004-12-11 Thread Keith Powell
On Saturday 11 Dec 2004 16:14, Keith Powell wrote: > Things have changed regarding my shutdown problem, but have got even more > confusing. > > I have installed several distributions in turn, on my spare hard drive to > see what shutdown problems there are with other distros. There were none > with

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem (update)

2004-12-11 Thread Keith Powell
Things have changed regarding my shutdown problem, but have got even more confusing. But first, I have just connected for the first time today, to get my e-mails and postings. I have found that there is nothing from the list between about eight o'clock last night (GMT, or UTC) and mid-day today

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 10 December 2004 09:37 pm, care free wrote: > I wonder if it is acpi=on or set you acpi on in your bios > > J.T. According to past and present kernel-parameters.txt, acpi=on is _not_ a valid option. ... acpi= [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 10 December 2004 07:30 pm, RickSisler wrote: > Kaj Haulrich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Friday 10 December 2004 21:47, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > > > > In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, > > > > > especially the

RE: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread care free
I wonder if it is acpi=on or set you acpi on in your bios J.T. From: Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Shutdown problem Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:37:13 + I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find th

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread RickSisler
Kaj Haulrich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 21:47, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > > > In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, especially the > > > > apic thing. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or > > > >

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 10 December 2004 21:47, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > > In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, especially the > > > apic thing. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or > > > noapic. > > > > > > HTH > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > >

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Margot
Keith Powell wrote: Margot wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not actually switch the computer off. If I remember correctly, there is something to

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Alan Shoemaker
On Friday 10 December 2004 02:20 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > > Sometime, I must find out the difference between apic and apci - I > thought they were almost the same! APIC - Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface -- Alan __

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Keith Powell
Margot wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not actually switch the computer off. If I remember correctly, there is something to change in the lilo.

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Keith Powell
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: apic=off has solved it. The append line was already apic=ht, so I first changed it to noapic and then apic=noapic. Neither had any effect. APIC, advance programable interrupt control. If your system works better wit

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, especially the > > apic thing. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or > > noapic. > > > > HTH > > Kaj Haulrich. > > Thanks, Kaj. > > apic=off  has solved it. > > The append line was alr

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 10 December 2004 15:48, Margot wrote: > Kaj, I think you're mixing up apic and acpi! Yes. Sorry. Never came to grips with this alphabet-thingy. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Keith Powell
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer in the archives or in twiki. Sorry for asking it again. I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Margot
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer in the archives or in twiki. Sorry for asking it again. I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: > I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the > answer in the archives or in twiki. Sorry for asking it again. > > I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything > closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not

[newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Keith Powell
I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer in the archives or in twiki. Sorry for asking it again. I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not actually switch the computer off. If I remember correctly, the

Re: [newbie] Shutdown strangeness

2004-11-30 Thread Warly
Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 01:06, brian wrote: >> I've just upgraded to Mandrake 10.1 (downloaded via FTP) and while >> everything seemed to go OK on the installation, I notice something strange >> when shutting down. If I use logout | turn off computer, then

Re: [newbie] Shutdown strangeness

2004-11-29 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 01:06, brian wrote: > I've just upgraded to Mandrake 10.1 (downloaded via FTP) and while > everything seemed to go OK on the installation, I notice something strange > when shutting down. If I use logout | turn off computer, then

[newbie] Shutdown strangeness

2004-11-29 Thread brian
I've just upgraded to Mandrake 10.1 (downloaded via FTP) and while everything seemed to go OK on the installation, I notice something strange when shutting down. If I use logout | turn off computer, then the PC powers down within 5 seconds, and the next time I boot up, I get messages that the s

Re: [newbie] Shutdown/Reboot

2004-04-23 Thread M.Schild
> I have a problem... > > If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes > black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on > again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. Mine does just the same ( 9.1) > However, > Open up a termin

[newbie] Shutdown/Reboot

2004-04-23 Thread JRH
I have a problem... If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. However, Open up a terminal, type poweroff or reboot, and things hap

[newbie] Shutdown/Reboot

2004-04-23 Thread James Hill
I have a problem... If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. However, Open up a terminal, type poweroff or reboot, and things ha

Re: [newbie] shutdown

2004-01-23 Thread Paul Kaplan
B, Thanks for pointing me in this direction. I got several commands working well this way, but shutdown is still a problem. I added a line as you suggested for the shutdown command, but when I try to shutdown as the user, I get a request for a password. The root password gets rejected and usi

Re: [newbie] shutdown

2004-01-18 Thread Wojciech Podgórni
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I allow a single normal user (me) to execute the shutdown command without changing the suid bit on the shutdown executable? This can obviously be done if I were using a display manager, but I don't. TIA Paul Why don't you use a poweroff command? It's working

Re: [newbie] shutdown

2004-01-18 Thread bascule
you can use the 'sudo' command to allow a use to issue any particular command that ordinarily could only be run by root, you need to edit the /etc/sudoers file to specify what user and what commands and whether the user needs to specify a password, to edit this file you need to logon/su to root a

[newbie] shutdown

2004-01-18 Thread Paul Kaplan
How can I allow a single normal user (me) to execute the shutdown command without changing the suid bit on the shutdown executable? This can obviously be done if I were using a display manager, but I don't. TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrak

Re: [newbie] Shutdown not possible

2003-07-10 Thread Xuer
That's becoz mdk 9.1 uses kdm as the default display manager. If you use gnome, you can change kdm to gdm in the drakconf. But that 'll be no "shutdown" or "logout" in kde's menu. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I want to leave Gnome (using Mandrake 9.1) I get the message if I want to log out or

Re: [newbie] Shutdown not possible

2003-07-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 17:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I want to leave Gnome (using Mandrake 9.1) I get the message if I want > to log out or shutdown. Doesn't matter what I select, there is neither a > shutdown nor a logout that happens. I have to do a 'shutdown -h now' from a > terminal win

Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off!

2003-03-25 Thread whitelions
Oren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 5:22 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off! > I Checked and 'apmd' is installed. In the process monitor it shows as > sleeping. Maybe if as a user I had rights to this process?

RE: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off!

2003-03-25 Thread Tsur, Oren
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 March 2003 13:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off! You could also try installing "apmd", which handles power management. It's also possible that it's installed, but not running. Check to see if it's acti

Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off! - bad spellling?

2003-03-24 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 24 March 2003 20:52, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 05:42, Miark wrote: > > On a server, I simply eliminated APM and fixed my reboot/halt problems. > > On the appropriate append line in /etc/lilo.conf, add apm=off. Mine looks > > like this: > > > > append="apm=off" > > > > Mi

Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off! - bad spellling?

2003-03-24 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 05:42, Miark wrote: > On a server, I simply eliminated APM and fixed my reboot/halt problems. > On the appropriate append line in /etc/lilo.conf, add apm=off. Mine looks > like this: > > append="apm=off" > > Miark > Or when you want things done right: append="tomato=on may

RE: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off!

2003-03-24 Thread Tsur, Oren
Oren Tsur -Original Message- From: Lanman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 March 2003 13:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off! You could also try installing "apmd", which handles power management. It's also possible that it's i

Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off!

2003-03-24 Thread Lanman
is done? > > > > With all respect to Linux, it would be nice to use the computer as we all > > did under > > M$ Window$. Meaning when you ask your computer to shut down, it actually > > does it. ;o) > > > > Many thanks, Oren > > > > -Or

Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off!

2003-03-24 Thread Anne Wilson
; -Original Message- > From: Adolfo Bello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 March 2003 12:06 > To: MDK Mandrake > Subject: Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swith off! > > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 03:13, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: > > After the upgrading from m

RE: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off!

2003-03-24 Thread Tsur, Oren
when you ask your computer to shut down, it actually does it. ;o) Many thanks, Oren -Original Message- From: Adolfo Bello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 March 2003 12:06 To: MDK Mandrake Subject: Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swith off! On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 03:13, Ricardo

Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swith off!

2003-03-24 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 03:13, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: > After the upgrading from mdk8.1 to mdk9.0 the shutdown or halt commands are > not switching off the computer anymore! > > The screen holds on: > Power down > > And then I have to switch off mannually. > > Any help? > >

[newbie] shutdown is not swith off!

2003-03-23 Thread Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas
After the upgrading from mdk8.1 to mdk9.0 the shutdown or halt commands are not switching off the computer anymore! The screen holds on: Power down And then I have to switch off mannually. Any help? TIA Ricardo -- == Linux user # 1022

[newbie] Shutdown error/old motherboards (revisited)

2002-12-09 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Just thought I'd mention that on my 9 yr olds Gigabyte motherboard (itself about 3 yrs old), I went back into: /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt and changed it some more. Near the end of the file there were not 1 but 2 "-p" commands. Removing *both* of them got rid of the shutdown errors I was seeing unde

Re: [newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shuttingdown

2002-11-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 05:38, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 05:33 PM 11/25/2002 +1100, you wrote: > > > > > > > Mine never say "Stopping" or "Killing" ! > > > (Actually, I've changed all my messages to say things like "squashing", > > > "stomping", "sniping", "assassinating" - the list goes on... > >

Re: [newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shutting down

2002-11-25 Thread FemmeFatale
At 05:33 PM 11/25/2002 +1100, you wrote: > > Mine never say "Stopping" or "Killing" ! > (Actually, I've changed all my messages to say things like "squashing", > "stomping", "sniping", "assassinating" - the list goes on... > (grin) Stephen, This just proves that you are a sick man with too m

Re: [newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shuttingdown

2002-11-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 17:33, Brian Parish wrote: > > > Mine never say "Stopping" or "Killing" ! > > (Actually, I've changed all my messages to say things like "squashing", > > "stomping", "sniping", "assassinating" - the list goes on... > > (grin) > Stephen, > > This just proves that you are

Re: [newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shutting down

2002-11-24 Thread Stormjumper
thanks Stephen and Brian... :) On 25 Nov 2002 10:48:35 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 15:46, Brian Parish wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 20:29, Stormjumper wrote: > > > was suddenly curious about this. > > > > > > when shutting down the Mandrake, > > > an

Re: [newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shuttingdown

2002-11-24 Thread Brian Parish
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 10:48, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 15:46, Brian Parish wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 20:29, Stormjumper wrote: > > > was suddenly curious about this. > > > > > > when shutting down the Mandrake, > > > and suddenly realised not all messages were made equal.

Re: [newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shutting down

2002-11-24 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 15:46, Brian Parish wrote: > On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 20:29, Stormjumper wrote: > > was suddenly curious about this. > > > > when shutting down the Mandrake, > > and suddenly realised not all messages were made equal. > > > > some were listed as "stopping" while others "shuttin

Re: [newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shuttingdown

2002-11-23 Thread Brian Parish
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 20:29, Stormjumper wrote: > was suddenly curious about this. > > when shutting down the Mandrake, > and suddenly realised not all messages were made equal. > > some were listed as "stopping" while others "shutting down" > > eg. > Stopping crond: [ OK] > Shutti

[newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shutting down

2002-11-23 Thread Stormjumper
was suddenly curious about this. when shutting down the Mandrake, and suddenly realised not all messages were made equal. some were listed as "stopping" while others "shutting down" eg. Stopping crond: [ OK] Shutting down APM daemon: [ OK] are there any significance to why the

Re: [newbie] Shutdown does not turn PC off

2002-04-03 Thread Pascal Goguey
Hello! I have a similar problem. I use a dual pentium machine, and I have never been able to shutdown. At the end of the shutdown process, the terminal-like screen says "power off" and stays like that forever, until I press the power button for more than 4 seconds. I have alrready posted this qu

Re: [newbie] Shutdown does not turn PC off

2002-04-03 Thread Roger
+1 more... Soyo K7ADA, Duron 1.0 Reboot works, but halt goes to the point where the PC should be powered off and then I get an abend displayed on the console. This appears to repeat after about 20 seconds, but goes too fast to read and I haven't been able to find any logs -- appears everythin

Re: [newbie] Shutdown does not turn PC off

2002-04-02 Thread Onur Kucuk
RK> Hi everyone, RK> I've seen a user having the same problem as me - when shutting down RK> the computer, no matter if using shutdown -h now, poweroff or halt -p RK> (yeah, haven't tried telinit 0 ;-) the computer goes through the usual RK> shutdown process as in MDK8.1 and then at "Power down."

Re: [newbie] Shutdown does not turn PC off

2002-04-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 07:03 am, Roman Korcek wrote: > Hi everyone, > I've seen a user having the same problem as me - when shutting down > the computer, no matter if using shutdown -h now, poweroff or halt > -p (yeah, haven't tried telinit 0 ;-) the computer goes through the > usual shutdown pr

Re: [newbie] Shutdown does not turn PC off

2002-04-02 Thread Jesper Nyholm Jensen
Hi, My problem exactly! -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Roman Korcek wrote: >>>Hi everyone, >>>I've seen a user having the same problem as me - when shutting down >>>the computer, no matter if using shutdown -h now, poweroff or halt -p >>>(yeah, haven't tried telinit 0 ;-) the compute

[newbie] Shutdown problem

2001-11-26 Thread Pascal Goguey
Hello! Not a big issue, but... I run two dual processor machines and both are unable to shutdown completely. It stops at the black screen saying "power down", but I have to press the power switch. There was a kernel setting on BeOS to allow complete shutdown. Is there a similar trick in Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Shutdown Hanging...in Mandrake 8.1!?!

2001-11-26 Thread Ed Tharp
On Monday 26 November 2001 00:46, you wrote: > I need help =). Everytime I shut my PC down it hangs after "Disconnect usb > 1", "Disconnect usb 2". After it displays disconnect usb 2 it just sits > there, and never shuts down or times out with an error. Any help would be > great. > > Thanks...

Re: [newbie] Shutdown Hanging...in Mandrake 8.1!?!

2001-11-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
DJW wrote: > I don't use Aurora, and it still did it to me (only > sometimes, and always on USB device 3, which I don't have. > Only 2 devices). Anyway I fixed it by turning off the USB > support. Not a valid fix I know if you need it, but I > didn't. > DJW &

Re: [newbie] Shutdown Hanging...in Mandrake 8.1!?!

2001-11-25 Thread DJW
I don't use Aurora, and it still did it to me (only sometimes, and always on USB device 3, which I don't have. Only 2 devices). Anyway I fixed it by turning off the USB support. Not a valid fix I know if you need it, but I didn't. DJW Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutdown Hanging...

Re: [newbie] Shutdown Hanging...in Mandrake 8.1!?!

2001-11-25 Thread civileme
On Sunday 25 November 2001 08:46 pm, Alan Carpenter wrote: > I need help =). Everytime I shut my PC down it hangs after "Disconnect usb > 1", "Disconnect usb 2". After it displays disconnect usb 2 it just sits > there, and never shuts down or times out with an error. Any help would be > great.

[newbie] Shutdown Hanging...in Mandrake 8.1!?!

2001-11-25 Thread Alan Carpenter
I need help =). Everytime I shut my PC down it hangs after "Disconnect usb 1", "Disconnect usb 2". After it displays disconnect usb 2 it just sits there, and never shuts down or times out with an error. Any help would be great. Thanks... Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandrak

Re: [newbie] shutdown

2001-10-18 Thread Paul
In reply to Dechao Wang's words, written Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:44:35 -0400 >Hi Paul, > >Many thanks for your message. But I cannot find apmd from the services >in the system menu. Can you tell me how to disable system suspension in >my BIOS? > >Thanks >dech Hi dech, Another Paul here. When the p

Re: [newbie] shutdown

2001-10-18 Thread Frans Ketelaars
Dechao Wang wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > Many thanks for your message. But I cannot find apmd from the services > in the system menu. Can you tell me how to disable system suspension in > my BIOS? I couldn't find apmd either. I then installed apmd-3.0final-19mdk (this is on the first LM8.0 CD) st

Re: [newbie] shutdown

2001-10-18 Thread Dechao Wang
Hi Paul, Many thanks for your message. But I cannot find apmd from the services in the system menu. Can you tell me how to disable system suspension in my BIOS? Thanks dech Paul Rodríguez wrote: > > Hmm... don't know about the Toshiba, but it sounds like a partitioning > problem as your comp

Re: [newbie] shutdown

2001-10-18 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Hmm... don't know about the Toshiba, but it sounds like a partitioning problem as your computer is trying to save the contents of the RAM during suspend mode. I'm quessing, when you leave it for a while your computer goes into suspend mode to save energy. So one of two things is happening, your

Re: [newbie] Shutdown with power down; how?

2001-04-08 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
On Saturday 07 April 2001 11:24, my mailbox was honoured by a missive from you that said : > While I am on the subject, where can I change permissions to allow non root > users to shutdown from a terminal. (I am the only user.) One way I found was to cp halt and reboot from /sbin to /bin, and t

Re: [newbie] Shutdown with power down; how?

2001-04-07 Thread Nathan Russell
On Saturday 07 April 2001 11:24, Craig Hagerman wrote: > While I am on the subject, where can I change permissions to allow non root > users to shutdown from a terminal. (I am the only user.) Tried using sudo?

[newbie] shutdown image

2001-02-11 Thread Carlos Berardi
hi all. a few days ago i was shuting down my computer (aurora showing up status), then accidently hit some key (i don't know which one) and an image (a sunset) appeared at the bottom of the screen. does anyone know that key stroke that activates the image? i guess this is a very stupid questio

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2000-09-02 Thread Jeff Malka
Thank you. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: A V Flinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem > On Sat, 02 Sep 2000,

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2000-09-02 Thread Jeff Malka
> Run junkbuster & squid as procies What are these? Are they included in Mandrake 7.1? Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux user 183185

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2000-09-02 Thread A V Flinsch
On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, you wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a new user of Linux from India. I've with me LM 7.1 Complete. I've two > problems > > 1. When I issue the Shutdown command from the console of KDE desktop, it > will close X-Windows and restarts (without rebootng) Linux in character > based single

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2000-09-02 Thread Mark Weaver
> > 1. When I issue the Shutdown command from the console of KDE desktop, it > will close X-Windows and restarts (without rebootng) Linux in character > based single user mode. Here it automatically logins as root without asking > any password, even if I was logged as a normal user when issuin

[newbie] Shutdown problem

2000-09-02 Thread Vinu Mathew Ninan
Hi, I'm a new user of Linux from India. I've with me LM 7.1 Complete. I've two problems 1. When I issue the Shutdown command from the console of KDE desktop, it will close X-Windows and restarts (without rebootng) Linux in character based single user mode. Here it automatically logins as root

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-17 Thread Dennis Myers
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 6:56 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0... > > > flupke wrote: > > > > > Sorry, I didn't follow this tread from the begining, so I hope I won't > say > > > anything

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-17 Thread Philip Hinds
MD or Soyo/VIA problem which may help to slove problem. Not everyone has it, so what is the common denominator? Generally is it better to stick with Intel? P Hinds - Original Message - From: Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 6:

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-15 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Dennis Myers wrote: > Followup to this thread, I figured out how to edit (hooray!!!) and went > in to the above listed /etc/ files and deleted the -p and voila! the > error message is gone when I "halt" the sys. I think that I am > beginning to get the hang of some of this and am falling in l

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-13 Thread Dennis Myers
Dacia and AzureRose wrote: > hmmm...both of the computers I've seen this problem on > had Via chipsets on their motherboards. > > Dacia > --- flupke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, I didn't follow this tread from the begining, > > so I hope I won't say > > anything stoopid or something that

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-12 Thread Fran Parker
Thanks Ronald...I will try this. Seems funny though that if it doesn't find it there (and it does look there) it also looks in my /home/fran directory and still doesn't find it. Not sure what the problem is there, but will put it in the share directory and see if it helps. Thanks, Bambi "Ronal

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-12 Thread flupke
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: > flupke wrote: > > > Sorry, I didn't follow this tread from the begining, so I hope I won't say > > anything stoopid or something that has already been said. > > If I understand, the problem here is all the dump of the stack and > > registers caused by a

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Fran Parker wrote: > Now do you you know how to get lxdoom to work..it says it can't > find an IWAD...I have downloaded the shareware 1.8 wad file, > I have gone to get the iwad file they had and unzipped it...doom1.wad > Anyway it can't find it and I tried to run it in terminal window to see > i

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Dacia and AzureRose wrote: > > hmmm...both of the computers I've seen this problem on > had Via chipsets on their motherboards. > > Dacia Not sure if I have a Via chipset or not? I do have a socket 7 MB, (Gigabyte GA-5AX), and it uses the ALI Aladdin V AGPset... Oh well.

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Dennis Myers
Fran Parker wrote: > That could be true flupke, mine is a VIA chipset. > > It doesn't seem to hurt anything, if I accidentally choose > shutdown, I just choose alt-cntrl-del and it finishes it. > > But if it can be fixed...cool. I will look into it with my system. > > Thanks, > Bambi > > Now do

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Fran Parker
That could be true flupke, mine is a VIA chipset. It doesn't seem to hurt anything, if I accidentally choose shutdown, I just choose alt-cntrl-del and it finishes it. But if it can be fixed...cool. I will look into it with my system. Thanks, Bambi Now do you you know how to get lxdoom to work

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Dennis Myers
flupke wrote: > Sorry, I didn't follow this tread from the begining, so I hope I won't say > anything stoopid or something that has already been said. > If I understand, the problem here is all the dump of the stack and > registers caused by a page default or something at the end of a shutdown. >

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
hmmm...both of the computers I've seen this problem on had Via chipsets on their motherboards. Dacia --- flupke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I didn't follow this tread from the begining, > so I hope I won't say > anything stoopid or something that has already been > said. > If I understan

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
That probably will not work. My brother disabled the apm daemon in linux not advanced power management in his BIOS. I had to do BOTH to make mine work. The easiest way I know to disable the apmd is to open DrakConf, click startup services and uncheck the box by apmd. It won't take affect until

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
That worked on my brother computer. He has a SOYO socket 7 motherboard. I forget the exact model. He disabled apmd and it got better. When I had that same motherboard in my old computer I had to disable Advanced power management in my bios and apmd to get it to stop. Dacia --- Paul <[EMAIL P

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread flupke
Sorry, I didn't follow this tread from the begining, so I hope I won't say anything stoopid or something that has already been said. If I understand, the problem here is all the dump of the stack and registers caused by a page default or something at the end of a shutdown. I have the same problem

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...(solution)

2000-06-11 Thread Dennis Myers
"Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > Paul wrote: > > > APM is a service in Linux. You can disable it by running 'setup' as root, > > it is in 'system services'. > > > > Paul > > Ah, got it. I just printed out your reply, will > try that next. Ignore my earlier question! ;-) Dennis M. here, It also can be

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Paul
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Ronald J. Hall wrote: >> Oops, it was not APM in the BIOS, but the APMD daemon that Dacia >> said that was disabled!! >> Sorry! > >Argh, I missed that too...anyways, I turned off >power management in Bios and of course, it made >nary a difference. > >So...how do I disable the

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Paul wrote: > APM is a service in Linux. You can disable it by running 'setup' as root, > it is in 'system services'. > > Paul Ah, got it. I just printed out your reply, will try that next. Ignore my earlier question! ;-)

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Fran Parker
Thanks Paul will look into that end of things. I didn't think I had that enabled in the bios. Bambi Paul wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > >Hi Dacia. Hmm. I'll go into my Bios and try that > >then. Power management -is- working here though. > >My system goes through the s

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Paul wrote: > Oops, it was not APM in the BIOS, but the APMD daemon that Dacia > said that was disabled!! > Sorry! > > Paul Argh, I missed that too...anyways, I turned off power management in Bios and of course, it made nary a difference. So...how do I disable the APMD daemon? ;-) Thanks!

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Fran Parker
Hi Ronald, I have a dual boot system with Win98 and Linux Mandrake 7.0 (Air). Actually I have a Celeron 366mhz ...I do not use power-management. I have one hard drive that doesn't recover from power-management on the hard drives (old 540 meg - my 3rd drive - is actually mainly a place holder mo

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Paul
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Ronald J. Hall wrote: >Hi Dacia. Hmm. I'll go into my Bios and try that >then. Power management -is- working here though. >My system goes through the stages, the screen- >saver kicks in (love that Matrix one!), then a >few minutes later, the monitor goes black, etc, >etc,...

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem with v7.0...

2000-06-11 Thread Paul
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Fran Parker wrote: >Same hereI don't shutdown the computer...I only reboot and shut >off the computer from there, I hate getting error messages! :) > >> BTW, I can shutdown and restart, and I do NOT >> get this problem. Odd, eh? Did you all get the message Dacia sent in?

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