Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4348 mails)

[Eddie <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 28 October 2002 11:56 pm, Joe & Sesil Morris (NTM) wrote:
> On 10/29/2002 05:45 AM, John Sved wrote:
> > Problem not solved yet .......
> >
> > At the lilo prompt   acpi=off  apm=on    produces the desired
> > configuration.
> >
> > Now to make it permanent.  I have looked at the YaST bootloader
> > configuration tool but before messing it up....what exactly do I need to
> > edit ?  I assume that the change has to go in at "section options".
> >
> > What exactly needs to be done ?
>
> add
> acpi=off apm=on
> tp the append line of your /etc/lilo.conf or with Yast2, and be sure to
> run lilo as root afterward (I believe this is done if using Yast2.  HTH.

Just wanted to say that I'm using Grub, I tried that line and variations 
thereof and still nothing works.  I should add that I'm using a PC with a 17" 
CRT which I've resorted to switching off manually.  I wish someone would come 
up with a solution that really works, because I've just about given up 
trying.