Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:49:03 -0500 From: "Grant Innes" <grant.innes@mirror-image.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ATX soft power switch Message-ID: <PNECJIFHGIHMFLGMKBPEEELACMAA.grant.innes@mirror-image.com> In-Reply-To: <15345.18715.468437.712039@guru.mired.org>
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Just having apm0 enabled in the kernel didn't do it for me either. I had to add apm_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf to get shutdown -p to do its thing... Grant -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Meyer Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:24 AM To: Kenneth Wayne Culver Cc: shanon loveridge; questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATX soft power switch [Format recovered from top posting.] Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> types: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > > shanon loveridge <shanon_loveridge@yahoo.co.uk> types: > > > Is there a way to make use of the ATX soft power > > > switch in FreeBSD so the computer will automaticaly > > > power off when shutdown? > > > I know this can be done in Linux by recompiling the > > > kernal with this feature set. > > You need to build the kernel with apm enabled. At that point, > > "shutdown -p" should do what you want. > > > You also have to enable apm by adding apm_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf Are you sure? Last time I wanted to control just poweroff, I didn't need to enable apm via /etc/rc.conf. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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