On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 22:08, Res wrote: >>> >>> CentOS-4 uses a 2.6.9-x kernel that is much better at doing what your >>> BIOS says for power saving mode than 2.4 kernels were. I would first >>> check the sleep settings in the BIOS of the problem machine. >>> >>> If that doesn't work, you try turning off the apmd and acpid services. >> >> that unfortunately means teh system wont do a real poweroff if the UPS >> instructs it to. >> >> dropped down to 2.4.31 kernel and the problem seems to have gone away >> so I think your right, its the 2.6.x kernel doing what it should, >> regrettably we dont want it to :) > > What about changing the power-saving options in bios to do > what you want? I'm sure they were all set to disable, one of the first things we normally do :) > > -- Cheers Res