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Date:      Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:47:46 -0400
From:      Brad Schonhorst <bschonhorst@vcsnyc.org>
To:        Jochen Gensch <incmc@gmx.de>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Thinkpad dosn't reboot on shutdown -r now
Message-ID:  <D77A01BD-767A-43F8-8003-F1C860CBB721@vcsnyc.org>
In-Reply-To: <433092F8.6020501@gmx.de>
References:  <433092F8.6020501@gmx.de>

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On Sep 20, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Jochen Gensch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have experienced a strange thing. All the way from 5.x to 6-CURRENT,
> my system almost never reboots on the "shutdown -r now" command. It
> shuts down completely, turns off the screen, and when one actually
> expects to see the IBM logo again the backlight suddenly is turned on
> again and that's it. Any hints?

If I remember correctly the -r flag reboots.  The -p flag will  
powerdown. So

shutdown -p now

is what you want.

-Brad



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