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Date:      Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:55:17 -0800
From:      Thanatos <thanatos@vcnet.com>
To:        Vidor Demeter <vidor@home.se>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Power off problem
Message-ID:  <3DD7F425.3070400@vcnet.com>
References:  <003d01c28e4a$fe295180$0200a8c0@amd1800>

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Vidor Demeter wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I used to be a SuSE user but I've decided to install FreeBSD instead, 
> which I do not regret. I had some great surprises compared to Linux, 
> and I've decided to stay with FreeBSD! :-)
> So I'm quite new to FreeBSD and I will have some questions until I get 
> the system run after my whishes. 
> The first problem is that I can not manage to configure the system
> shutdown with power off option. I've compiled the kernel with the apm 
> option and I changed the rc.conf file as well, with  ' apm_enable="YES" ', 
> but no luck. After the shutdown I have to power off the system with the 
> Power Off button! :-(
> I can not find any further help on this but what I described here. 
> Did I missed something?
> I have an AMD 1800+ XP CPU, with 256MB RAM and 40GB HD, Asus mobo.
> Can somebody help me ?
> TIA Vidor
> 
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Hi Vidor,

I seem to remember geting this to work on my Athlon 1700 XP with MIS KT7 
Turbo2 motherboard. Can you show me the line for apm in your kernel 
config script? Have you checked to make sure the power management is 
enabled in your bios?

Hope I can help you out,
Thanatos



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