Re: [LinuxBIOS] EPIA power off / reset

[Fredrik Ohrstrom]

I have to add acpi=force to the kernel boot line in grub menu.lst
to enable acpi in my Ubuntu Feisty fawn. Without it my EPIA SP does not
shut down.

I have found that other distributions sometimes add acpi automatically.

2007/5/21, Ben Hewson :
> ron minnich wrote:
> > On 5/21/07, Ben Hewson  wrote:
> > > Hi all, I have a question, my EPIA board will not shutdown from Linux,
> > > it works fine with the original BIOS though.
> >
> > what does shutdown mean? Power off? Is it trying to use ACPI?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > ron
>
> Ok the kernel is compiled with
> Legacy Power management api
> ACPI support is enabled
> and also APM bios support is enabled, which I guess is not going to work
>
> I will compile that option out and see if that helps.
>
> thanks