From: John Allman (allmanj at domain houseofireland.com)
Date: Thu 26 Sep 2002 - 14:19:03 IST
Ciaran Mac Lochlainn wrote:
>There is a kernel option "Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off" which
>may help. It's meant for buggy BIOSes, according to the documentation.
>Some machines (my home PC included) will only be able to power themselves
>off if this is enabled.
>
That sounds like a likely one. when i get a chance i'll recompile my kernel.
thanks everyone for your help!
John
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