Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:39:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Rishi Chopra <idfubar@yahoo.com> To: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shutdown And User Intervention Message-ID: <20041014043925.34640.qmail@web52101.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041013175012.GA23062@lori.mine.nu>
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--- Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 07:50:08AM -0700, Rishi > Chopra wrote: > > Is there a way to issue a shutdown command that > > doesn't require me to press a key to reboot? > > > > Currently when I enter the command 'shutdown -p' > the > > system shuts down gracefully but I have to press a > key > > to reboot the system. > > > > Ultimately I'd like to be able to power-off the > system > > gracefully without requiring the user (me) to > press a > > key afterwards. > > Add the following to your kernel configuration file, > build and install a > new kernel and try shutdown -p again: > > device acpica > > It's not in de GENERIC kernel because 1) this > feature is still > experimental (however it seems to work fine), and 2) > many users never > shutdown -p their FreeBSD machines anyway. :-) > > GH > > -- > :wq > > Thanks to Mick, Andreas, Geert and Dee for their suggestions. I tried adding the suggested line (I'm running 5.2.1) but the response is: config: Error: device "acpica" is unknown config: 1 errors Do I need to be running a special kernel to enable acpica? Is there any other way to enable ACPI? Will I have to start a daemon after compiling the kernel to enable ACPI? ===== Rishi Chopra http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~rchopra _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
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