From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 18:24:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EB4037B401 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 18:24:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msr9.hinet.net (msr9.hinet.net [168.95.4.109]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B5A43F3F for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 18:24:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net) Received: from sonic.utopia.com (61-227-219-118.HINET-IP.hinet.net [61.227.219.118]) by msr9.hinet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA18587 for ; Wed, 21 May 2003 09:24:39 +0800 (CST) Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 09:22:25 +0800 From: Robert Storey To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030521092225.5a6a4442.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: shutdown -p now X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 01:24:55 -0000 Dear All, I'm trying to get my computer to shut down and turn the power off. I'm aware of the command "shutdown -p now". It doesn't work for me, and after reading the handbook, I conclude that I must not have ACPI supported hardware. However, with Linux (and Windows) on this same computer, I can tell the machine to shut down and turn off the power. In Linux, this requires that the apm module be loaded - enabling apm in FBSD doesn't seem to do the trick for me (or do I need to recompile the kernel for this to work?). A bigger problem is that FBSD seems to have disabled the power button on the front of the computer. In order for me to turn off the machine, I have to reach behind the computer and turn off the master switch on the power supply (or else, pull the power cord out of the wall). I assume that this is done as a security measure - to prevent evil-minded individuals from shutting down the server when the system administrator is on his lunch break. That probably makes sense in a corporate network setting, but I don't need that level of security at home. More importantly, when I install FBSD on my laptop (I have not yet done so), I'm concerned that I won't be able to shut down the machine at all unless I remove the battery. I'd be grateful for any suggestions on solving this problem. TIA, Robert P.S. - I'm a FBSD newbie, and I just want to say that the help I've received from individuals on this list in the past week has been invaluable. A thousand thanks - this is really the most helpful and technically astute mailing list I've been on.