On Monday 21 Apr 2003 7:56 pm, Preston Kutzner wrote:
On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 02:42, Keith Powell wrote: --snip--
By putting acpi=off in the boot screen "options" command line, the computer switches off the next time I shut down. So I have tried adding acpi=off to the "linux" section of the /boot/grub/menu.lst file, and it works.
Is this the correct command and is the menu.lst the correct place for it, or is it likely to affect other things? If it isn't correct, what do I put where, please. I am asking for help, as I am very much in the dark about it.
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You are correct, you just needed to put the acpi=off command in the "linux" line of your menu.lst file in the /boot/grub directory. Also, if you don't like the funky SuSE boot splash screen, just put the line splash=off next to acpi=off (separated by a space).
Thanks, Preston, for the information. I was hoping that, helped by the SuSE manuals, I had guessed the correct command and place to put it. As it was a guess I didn't want it to be wrong and to affect anything else. I don't mind the splash screen; it is switching off manually that I didn't want to have to do each time. Cheers Keith