[NCLUG] SuSE 6.3

[paul hansen]

Kyle,

If you need to recompile the kernel, or if you have any problems with any
of Mike's advice, scream in my direction and we can set up a time for you
to bring your laptop into the sys admin office and we can play with it.

   Paul

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 Paul A. Hansen			  Systems Administration Assistant
 Department of Computer Science   email: hansenp at cs.colostate.edu
 Colorado State University        phone: 970-491-5305
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Michael Milligan wrote:

> > I was at the linux install fest yesterday and now have the SuSE 6.3
> > version installed on my laptop and it will not shutdown properly. I have
> > tried both from the root comand line typing shutdown -h now and also
> > clicking shutdown on the login gui and both seem to close/halt everything
> > but it doesn't turn off. If I wait until it gets to the point where it
> > stops and turn the power off myself, the laptop goes through the scans,
> > etc. as if I turned it off in the middle of a process, and when I turn it
> > back on it is right where I left off where everything is
> > halted/closed. How can I get it to shutdown correctly?? Thanks!
> 
> Check to see that /proc/apm exists.  If it doesn't, you probably need to
> recompile your kernel with APM support (power management)...
> 
> Next, check that the script /sbin/init.d/halt is testing for /proc/apm and
> setting $command to "halt -p".  The stock script should do that.  Otherwise,
> just edit $command to be "halt -p" instead of "halt" where that is defined.
> You need the -p switch to power down via the BIOS.
> 
> Regards,
> Mike
> 
> --
> Michael Milligan - Verisign Global Registry Services - milli at acmebw.com
> 
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