I had a look at the BIOS. I am running A04. I couldn't see any settings in the BIOS that looked like they were ACPI related
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| Author: | zetoune [ Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Dell GX240 no poweroff. SOLVED |
According to this thread http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Howto_get_the_Linux_kernel_to_properly_power_down_the_Dell_Optiplex_GX240_using_ACPI it's a bug of the kernel (I'm using Knoppmyth R5F27). My Dell doesn't power off after calling halt. (I tried poweroff, shutdown, halt -p). The thread gives a fix and finishes by "compile the kernel as normal". I found a howto in knoppmyth for compiling a kernel, but it shows how to recompile all modules as well. Will I need to recompile every module as well? I'm afraid I'm gonna break everything if I try a big thing like this. Or is there an easier way to do it? EDIT: thank to Greg Frost. Edit /etc/lilo.conf and add "acpi=force" in "append=..." and remove apm=poweroff and reboot It should look like this : Code: append="acpi=force nomce quiet "
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| Author: | cecil [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:02 am ] |
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Can you like with it for a few days. I might be able to use you as a guinea pig. I'd jump in head first if I were you, that is what I must do some times. Just do a backup before you compile and install. If something breaks, auto upgrade.[/code] |
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| Author: | Greg Frost [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:13 am ] |
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My diskless frontend is a Dell GX240 and I have the same issue. Are the knoppmyth kernel sources from R5F27 available for download somewhere? |
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| Author: | cecil [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:15 am ] |
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You can use the source on the FTP. I'd just copy the current config and make old-config. |
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| Author: | Greg Frost [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:05 am ] |
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Forget compiling the kernel. My GX240 started powering down properly when I appended the boot option "acpi=force". |
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| Author: | zetoune [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:49 am ] |
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Greg : I tried this before, but it didn't work in my case, but it was with version R5F1. Just to be jure. I have to add "acpi=force" in lilo.conf in the append string, don't I? cecil: No problem, I can leave it as is if you need me to be a guinea pig. Just let me know what you want me to do. |
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| Author: | Greg Frost [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:16 pm ] |
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zetoune wrote: Greg : I tried this before, but it didn't work in my case, but it was with version R5F1.
Just to be jure. I have to add "acpi=force" in lilo.conf in the append string, don't I? Yes, in /etc/lilo.conf and then run the lilo command as root for that change to take effect. This is not the way I did it because in my case it is a diskless frontend. I had to add "acpi=force" to the append line in the file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default. |
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| Author: | zetoune [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:36 pm ] |
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Greg Frost: you are lucky. I just came back from the office, I tried to force acpi with no luck. It still doesn't power off. I think I have to compile kernel. |
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| Author: | Dale [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:54 pm ] |
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You did reboot after the lilo change, right? As it won't take effect until a boot. |
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| Author: | zetoune [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:15 pm ] |
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yes I did! |
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| Author: | Greg Frost [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:39 pm ] |
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Well, I don't know what to say other than it works for me on my diskless frontend. Could this be effected by bios settings? You have carefully checked them right? When I get home I'll have a look at the BIOS version that I'm running and see what settings I have. |
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| Author: | zetoune [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:47 pm ] |
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Great. Let me know when you are back. I got the last bios I found on dell website . A05. |
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| Author: | Greg Frost [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:42 am ] |
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I had a look at the BIOS. I am running A04. I couldn't see any settings in the BIOS that looked like they were ACPI related
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| Author: | zetoune [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:07 am ] |
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I'm gonna try to recompile Kernel this week and I will let you know |
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| Author: | zetoune [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:26 pm ] |
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it gives me headache. I looked for the file "boot.c" in : arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c , it's not there. Only Makefile. So I though it was because I didn't have the source. On the FTP, the only file I found is a *.deb. I don't how to extract file from a deb package. I tried the beginning of Compile Kernel from this thread http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9218&highlight= as well and I got an error: Code: make menuconfig scripts/kconfig/mconf arch/i386/Kconfig drivers/Kconfig:57: can't open file "drivers/media/Kconfig" make[1]: *** [menuconfig] Error 1 make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 Can someone give me some tips? |
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