[ltp] Poweroff command doesn't work

[Frank Schaeckermann]

For me that magic to make this work was to set

    CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=n

in the kernel configuration.

Ajai Khattri ajai-at-bitblit.net |Linux on ThinkPads| wrote:
> Previously, I was running RH9 and the poweroff command worked just fine.
> 
> I have since moved to Gentoo and Im running a 2.4 kernel with APM 
> built-in. The power saving stuff mostly works but poweroff doesn't 
> actually powerdown the machine. Do I need to use ACPI for this or is 
> there an APM setting somewhere?
>