Re: 'Power down.' doesn't on my laptop, sysv-2.75, halt -p

Tygrys (tygrys@fidonet.org.pl)
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 07:18:49 +0100

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parse@salem.k12.va.us wrote:
>
> I checked sysvinit sources and kernel sources; the 'halt' cmd is
> giving the right magic, and I'm getting the kernel 'Power down.' printk,
> which is followed immediately by a call to machine_power_off(), which
> doesn't do the trick.
>
> I have an HP OmniBook 5500CT, which runs fine otherwise under
> 2.1.127pre2. Same behavior under .125. Powers off under 2.0 just fine.
> - SMP=1 commented out
> - Poweroff on shutdown enabled
>
> Did I miss anything else?
You have to put ,,halt -p'' in the appropriate rc file (for example,
/etc/init.d/halt if you use redhat) instead of just ,,halt''.

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