Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [2.2.2] APM poweroff problem | From | Peter Hofmann <> | Date | 26 Feb 1999 23:13:43 +0100 |
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Hi,
Stephen Rothwell <Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au> writes:
> > From: Nils Philippsen <nils@fht-esslingen.de> > > Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:08:03 +1100 > > I have a problem to poweroff my machine when issuing halt -p. > > > > I turned on APM in the kernel as well as in the BIOS, but all I get to see are > > myriads of hex numbers in square brackets after the "System halted."/"Power > > down" message. > > > > The setup is the following: > > > > - Gigabyte GA6BX-E Mainboard with the latest BIOS (according to Gigabyte's > > website) > This is a know bug with some BIOS implementations. They assume that > we will switch back to real mode before we ask them to power off. > Under Linux we do not do this. > > [I am assuming the emssages you get start with something like > OOPS: ... f000 > ] > > Complain to Gigabyte. >
I had the same problem with my EPOX EP-51-MVP3E-M board. This was fixed by the latest BIOS upgrade that I downloaded from the EPOX web site. The README to the BIOS upgrade explicitly stated that it was supposed to fix the "Linux power-off problem".
So it actually seems that vendors are responsive about Linux-related compatibility problems with their hardware. Perhaps the original poster could cite this when contacting Gigabyte.
Peter
-- Peter Hofmann e-mail: pxh@gmx.net
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