problems when shutdown in linux

[SpookyEddy]

I have the same problem after upgrading to 2.4.16

But since I never reboot its not a big problem

I think (but not sure) that otheos had a similar problem & fixed it with an entry in the kernel .config.

Regards

Eddy

[meanguy21]

hiya! .... well eddy.. rebooting works fine here "scratches his head!"

[SpookyEddy]

Ooops I meant shutdown, it was kinda late here

[otheos]

I admit I haven't read any of the replies, but here is what I did.

In the kernel you need apm as a module (as you don't really need it for more than shutting down). So enable it as a module and just enable start PM at boot up and RTC stores time in GMT. Leave the rest (and especially leave off the "Use real mode APM.....") off.

Now compile as normal and as soon as you're ready to shutdown, do

modprobe apm

and then:

shotdown -h now

You can avoid manual loading of the apm module by inserting the line "modprobe apm" to your shutdown script (rather than your initialisation since you only need it to shutdown), somewhere in your rc0.d folder

[meanguy21]

it still didn't work ;/ ;\ ;/ ;\
what i modprobe apm .. "and yes it's installed as a module" ... nothing happens "which means that it's working" ...
i tried the shutdown command, and nope it didnt work, i always get a msg "power off"
then i hear the hardisk makes a "CLINK!" sound, but then nothing happens, i need to shut if off manually ;/ ;\ ;/