Steve Youngs wrote:

> Actually, no, I can't.**I*can't*think*of*a*single*reason*to*reboot *in
> this situation.**Without*saying*something*like*"I've*al ways*done*it
> that way", can you tell me why you would reboot in this situation?

Both I, and obviously from his question, the OP require that for some
time, and at some intervals our computers are turned off. In the case
of removing the comment (#) from /sbin/modprobe apm, then the easiest
way to check that the computer does indeed shut down is to reboot, (or
to turn it off), using shutdown -h now.

As I spend the mornings out, usually in our local coffee shop, and the
afternoons in other activities, my computer is turned off while I am
out of the house and while I am asleep, Its usually on first thing in
the morning , just after lunch, throughout the evening, and as I don't
sleep too well, at intervals throughout the early hours of the morning.
for the remaining period it is turned off, and thus rebooted at fairly
frequent intervals.
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