On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 11:29:02AM +0100, Niall O Broin wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 08:20:51AM +0100, Ronny B wrote:
> This should be easy to fix. Check your BIOS for an option to power on on
> detection of modem activity and turn it off - what's happening is that when
> you turn your modem off after the PC this generates some noise on the
> relevant line which the PC identifies as "modem activity" and turns on.
I guess I have a slightly odd BIOS - I've switched off some of the APM,
and thought serial line was one of those options. The strange thing is
that the computer won't respond when I switch *on* the modem, and most
of the time the computer doesn't power off if the modem is already off
:P
Heisenbugs.
> Of course, another solution is simply to turn everything off at the wall
> when you leave it, which is safer anyway, but easy to forget.
It's on my wish-list now - get a powerstrip with powerbutton on it when
I can afford it :)
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