How can I make /sbin/poweroff automatically poweroff my laptop? It seems to
wait for me to poweroff the laptop manually.

Thanks,

Sohail

On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:30:10 GMT, Sohail <sohail@sohailsomani.com> wrote:

>How can I make /sbin/poweroff automatically poweroff my laptop? It seems to
>wait for me to poweroff the laptop manually.

In /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, uncomment the modprobe for the apm module.

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Beautiful, thanx!

Lew Pitcher wrote:

> On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:30:10 GMT, Sohail <sohail@sohailsomani.com> wrote:
>
>>How can I make /sbin/poweroff automatically poweroff my laptop? It seems
>>to wait for me to poweroff the laptop manually.
>
> In /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, uncomment the modprobe for the apm module.
>

Lew Pitcher wrote:

> On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:30:10 GMT, Sohail <sohail@sohailsomani.com> wrote:
>
>>How can I make /sbin/poweroff automatically poweroff my laptop? It seems
>>to wait for me to poweroff the laptop manually.
>
> In /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, uncomment the modprobe for the apm module.
>
This should be in the FAQ for slackware

On 2003-07-06,
JM <NO@SPAM.com> wrote:
> Lew Pitcher wrote:
>>
>> In /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, uncomment the modprobe for the apm module.
>>
> This should be in the FAQ for slackware

If you mean this group's FAQ, then go right ahead and add it.

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It's just me fartarsing around."
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