From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 8 15:48:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C506910656B4 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:48:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from sola.nimnet.asn.au (paqi.nimnet.asn.au [220.233.188.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3871E8FC15 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:48:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sola.nimnet.asn.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n78FUg9U065010; Sun, 9 Aug 2009 01:30:43 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 01:30:42 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Tim Matthews In-Reply-To: <3f1d93450908080709x4cc9d006i9da7a995e2a70030@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20090809011729.P19821@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <3f1d93450908080021j2e34286fxb46991bfea2da1b8@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908080537g4933bd85idd01288de764b38b@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908080709x4cc9d006i9da7a995e2a70030@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, erich@apsara.com.sg Subject: Re: laptop doesn't power off X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:48:19 -0000 On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Tim Matthews wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 08 August 2009 pm 15:21:17 Tim Matthews wrote: > > >* I have a sony vaio sz483n. The powering down works almost fine > > > > *>* up until the last step. The screen goes clear as it is about to > > *>* power down but then it just stays in a kind of on state. > > *>* > > *can you run a normal 'shutdown now' and press then the power > > > > > > button? > > > > Erich > > > > > If I run "shutdown now" The last thing that gets printed to the screen is > enter path to shell or press return for /bin/sh. This hasn't attempted to > power off my laptop so holding the power button down does still work but is > it safe to do so? Even if so I would really prefer a working implementation > of soft off like M$ windows and linux can do. Does 'shutdown -h now' work ok? It's certainly safe to kill power if it has halted, but of course that's only a workaround till finding out why and how shutdown -p is failing on it. And if not, it's more data .. cheers, Ian