Is acpi needed for Desktop computers?

[OOzy Pal]

On 5/19/06, Andrew Zajac <arzajac at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 5/19/06, OOzy Pal <oozypal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/19/06, azz <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
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> > > kaffeine Wrote:
> > > > yes.
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> > > Even if you don't hibernate your desktop like I do, it serves a few
> > > purposes.  Not the least of which is to tell your power supply to turn
> > > off when you shut down.
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> > Ahh, unfortunately, it does not. When, I shutdown my computer, it
> > cycles though the shutdown sequence. Then, I hear a click inside the
> > box. The monitor goes off but there still power to the fans, CDROMs,
> > etc. I could still hear the fan running.
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> > Any help?
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> Boot with the apci=off bootprompt
> Check to see if apm gets loaded, and load it if it did not load.  Power down
> and see if that helps.
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> You can also see if there is a bios setting you can play with to help out
> ACPI....
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hmmm, what does that mean

oozy at ubuntu:~$ apm
No APM support in kernel
oozy at ubuntu:~$

hmmm, No APM support?


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OOzy
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