Power Off - APM

From: Neil Moore (neil_at_cfconline.co.uk)
Date: 05/17/04 

Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:28:01 +0100

I am running a Compaq Evo n800v laptop with APM, kernel 2.6.5-mm1. I
have enabled # Power management options (ACPI, APM). My options are as
follows:

#
CONFIG_PM=y
# CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_PM_DISK is not set

#
# APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS Support
#
CONFIG_APM=m
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y
CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y
# CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y

The problem is that the computer gets to the "Power off." prompt then
stops, when I used ACPI it disconnected from power automatically. I'm
not too lazy to cut power manually but can anyone tell me if it's safe
to do so? ( hard disks etc.) ?

Thanks, Neil

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