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  From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@worldvisions.ca>
  To  : Daniel Horner <horner@ecf.utoronto.ca>
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  Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 00:22:06 -0400

Re: APM causes oops on power off (Epox MB)

On Sun, Oct 18, 1998 at 12:07:08AM -0400, Daniel Horner wrote:

> I have an EPoX motherbord with an Award bios, and it gives me a
> kernel panic - general protection violation right after the "the
> system is halted" message. This happened with kernels 2.0.34 and
> 2.0.35.  
> 
> The system shuts down fine under Win/95. Do you know if there is
> anything I can do about this?

Hmm, it sounds like the kernel is crashing while trying to call into the APM
BIOS -- there may be a bug in your system BIOS.  Is it flash-upgradable?  Do
you have the latest version?

You're a bit vague in your message though.  Are you sure this relates to
APM?  Does your kernel have APM support installed?  Exactly which APM
options are enabled in your kernel configuration?  Does it still crash if
APM is disabled?

Good luck,

Avery