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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Power down question
From:       Christopher Dietz <christopher.dietz () web ! de>
Date:       2002-12-11 22:02:56
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On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:19:36 -0800, Alan Nilsson <amnil@megapathdsl.net>
wrote:


> I have recently switched to Gentoo from xxx distro (why did I wait so
> long??????).  Anyway, when shutting down the machine with the old
> distro, after the system stopped, the machine would power down.
> 
> With my new Gentoo install, after the system is stopped, the machine
> does not power down, it just sits there with "Power Down" displayed
> requiring me to actually pull the plug to power down, hardly ideal.
> 
> What config or support am I missing to get Gentoo to power down the
> machine after the system stops.

If your hardware is recent enough compile acpi-support into the kernel
and emerge the acpi daemon (acpid). After that add the daemon to
runlevel default (rc-update add acpid default). Now your machine should
power down after shutdown.


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regards,
Chris


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