APM or ACPI or what ever!!

elmie · Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 2:58 am Post subject: APM or ACPI or what ever!!

I'm having a reall problem in setting them up..
I have no idea how to do it in the bios nor in the kernel..

I have an ASUS P3V4X (Apollo 133 Pro) chipset... Mobo..
if some have a similar config.. plz let me know how to set the AMP or ACPI,

The problem is the when I shutdown the PC, the PC stays on, but linux has already shutdown.. I had to turn off the pc manually,, which is kind of annoying.. where windows just shutdown everything include the PC altogether..

plz also I would like to know how to get standby, suspend, or even if there is hiberation too!!

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Did we lose our thread? This doesn't sound like it was supposed to be a new one.
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elmie · Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 3:29 am Post subject:

U tell me, your the moderator... can U help??

ghost_o · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Jul 2002 Posts: 119

pilla · Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 1:06 pm Post subject:

I think APM is well implemented and, if it is supported by your motherboard, you should use it. First, compile a kernel with apm support and then emerge apmd

Don't forget to RTFM

col · Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 4:07 pm Post subject:

It depends on your motherboard....try basic APM first. ACPI doesnt power down on my board so I had to use APM with no ACPI. Powers down fine now.

duff · Guru Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Posts: 466 Location: Clemson, SC

miunk · Apprentice Joined: 24 Sep 2002 Posts: 199

Have you tried enabling the last option under APM in your kernel config? i forget the name, but it is the last one on list list that comes up when you choose to enable APM. That worked and my machine powers down on its own now. ACPI caused all kinds of errors.

Carlos · Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2002 3:28 am Post subject:

Those of you who are saying that ACPI isn't working; are you sure you've enabled not only ACPI, but the ACPI bus manager, and System under that? That's all I needed to do, and I definitely haven't needed acpid. After all, by the time the system is supposed to be powered down acpid has been stopped...

col · Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2002 8:04 am Post subject:

how do you get the power button on your PC to send a 'shutdown -h now' like in windows ?

amigadave · n00b Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 55 Location: UK

raziel · n00b Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 38 Location: CO

If you have ACPI working, then try this:

amigadave · n00b Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 55 Location: UK

raziel,
The acpid program checks for ACPI button events and then when it recieves one executes a command (the default is to shutdown the machine). If you have a look at your syslog then you might find some information there about what is going on. It'll be something in /var/log/ depending on which logger you use, or possibly virtual console 12.

col · Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2002 4:15 am Post subject:

pilla · Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2002 12:35 pm Post subject:

AFIK, ACPI doesn't have a complete implementation yet. If APM works, use APM.

helmers · Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2002 11:18 am Post subject:

I was having trouble with ACPI on my laptop, everything worked fine, except the fan didn't work! Wich I didn't notice until something started smelling :roll:

ACPI was compiled with everything on, so it should have worked. After that I switched back to APM, which works without a hitch.

The system in question is a Dell L400.

pilla · Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2002 12:39 pm Post subject:

As I said before, AFIK, ACPI doesn't have a complete implementation yet. If APM works, use APM. I am serious!!

bicci · Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 1:32 pm Post subject: APM doesn't turn off my computer!

Hi! When I tell KDE tu shutdown my PC, it closes normally until it says:

Power down.
halt[n] exited with preempt_count 1

with n = a number of 4 or 5 digits (it looks to be different every time). The hard disc seems to stop, but the computer doesn't turn off. What can I do to get it working?
My PC is a Athlon XP 1800+ with 256MB RAM and QDI motherboard (i think :-)

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Bicci

col · Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2002 6:47 am Post subject:

I installed a new kernel & bios & now ACPI works....I can now hit my power button & my PC shuts down....goodbye APM hello ACPI

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Getting your PC to Powerdown after shutdown -h Command
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