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Subject: Re: using apm to power a system down, 5.x
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"dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> writes:

> I've got a 5.x system, an older box that doesn't use acpi. My first item is
> i need to disable acpi. I believe i have done this. I have the following in
> /boot/device.hints:
> hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
> hint.apm.0.disabled="0"
> hint.apm.0.flags="0x20"
> I next have to enable apm and get it to do system power downs when a
> shutdown -h or halt -p is issued. This is not working. I get the "press any
> key to reboot" but the system never powers down.
> Any ideas?

You need to have APM support in the kernel.
Is there a module for APM?