[techtalk] Soft power and SuSE?

[Shad Young]

Look for the section pertaining to DPMS and power managment. Compile in
the software power off option. 

It should be already compiled in the Distro's Kernel. If the computer is
not shutting down properly you may need to flash the bios. Some Award
bioses require an update to use the ATX power options in linux even
though it works fine in Windows.

I recommend that you upgrade the Kernel source to the latest virgin
kernel from kernel.org. 2.2.10 and 2.2.13 have a couple of bugs.

Shad

 

V Clarke wrote:
> 
> Well, after a rather expensive weekend, my dear little beige cuboid has a
> brand new motherboard, processor and case *grin* Question is, the case now
> has soft power, and I'd like to configure my kernel (2.2.10, distro is
> SuSE 6.2) to use it properly, ie. power off on shutdown etc. Can anyone
> tell me what I need to compile into the kernel to do this?
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> Vicky
> 
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