2002-08-30 22:00:47

by Christopher Keller

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Subject: 2.4.18: APM & ASUS A7M266-D

Kernel 2.4.18-X (RedHat version)
AMD MP 1900 CPU's

APM is enabled in the BIOS, yet the kernel presumably disables it with a
message along the lines of unsafe for dual CPU's (apologies, don't have
the box in front of me).

The result, as far as I can tell, is that the machine doesn't power off
when executing a shutdown/init 0. It simply displays the "Power Down"
message and sits there.

Booting with the "apm=power-off" flag doesn't seem to have any effect.

Could someone enlighten me as to what's up?

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2002-08-30 23:19:27

by Steve Lee

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Subject: RE: 2.4.18: APM & ASUS A7M266-D

I have the same board and CPU's. Mine is configured for ACPI with Bus
Manager and System compiled as modules. Works great.

Steve


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Subject: 2.4.18: APM & ASUS A7M266-D

Kernel 2.4.18-X (RedHat version)
AMD MP 1900 CPU's

APM is enabled in the BIOS, yet the kernel presumably disables it with a
message along the lines of unsafe for dual CPU's (apologies, don't have
the box in front of me).

The result, as far as I can tell, is that the machine doesn't power off
when executing a shutdown/init 0. It simply displays the "Power Down"
message and sits there.

Booting with the "apm=power-off" flag doesn't seem to have any effect.

Could someone enlighten me as to what's up?

--
Homepage: http://interclypse.net
Registered Linux user #215241 (http://counter.li.org/)


2002-08-31 07:56:52

by Willy Tarreau

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Subject: Re: 2.4.18: APM & ASUS A7M266-D

On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:57:15PM -0700, Christopher Keller wrote:
>
> The result, as far as I can tell, is that the machine doesn't power off
> when executing a shutdown/init 0. It simply displays the "Power Down"
> message and sits there.
>
> Booting with the "apm=power-off" flag doesn't seem to have any effect.

upgrade your kernel to latest 2.4.20-pre or latest -ac. I had same and other
problems with APM on the same board, and they are now fixed.

Willy