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Subject: Re: how to enable auto power off
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"Charles Howse" <chowse@charter.net> writes:

> I read man 4 apm and man apm and they both refer to laptops.
> I also would like to get auto power-off working on my desktop system.
> Will the instructions you gave work for my system?

Assuming it supports APM, sure.