power off

[Marko Aavik]

I am quite new to linux and i have no experience with Grub. How can i
specify 'acpi=force' at boot-time and where i can find log with kernel
messages?

Thanks again... 


On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:48:55 +0000, John <dingo at coco2.arach.net.au> wrote:

> 
> Have you verified that ACPI is actually working? Check for relevant
> kernel messages.
> 
> On my test desktop machine I must specify 'acpi=force' at boot-time, and
> then it can turn the power off.
> 
> I've not yet tried pressing the power button while it's running:-)
> 
> --