Re: Computers doesn't power off

From: Adam Funk (a24061_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/26/04

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    On Thursday 26 August 2004 16:00, Kent West wrote:

    > I think it's a good learning process to be able to roll your own, but
    > just to get standard hardware features to work, it's a bit overkill
    > for the majority of new users coming into the GNU/Linux camp. (Still,
    > as Loki says, it's a good thing to know how to do.)

    I agree, and it's on my long-term to-do list, but I don't have time at
    the moment.

    > I think what Adam might want to do is to run "modconf", go down to the
    > "kernel/drivers/acpi" section, and install any necessary features in
    > that manner. (I think different versions of modconf look different, so
    > if you're not running Sid you may have to search a bit in modconf to
    > find the right stuff, but this should give you a start.)

    Sounds good. Does this modconf process just install a relevant module
    and ensure it gets loaded? 

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