Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:41:11 -0400 From: jason <jason@ec.rr.com> To: Tadimeti Keshav <keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to enable auto power off Message-ID: <3F692957.1000702@ec.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20030918033326.520.qmail@web86004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20030918033326.520.qmail@web86004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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Tadimeti Keshav wrote: >Guys, >I have a D815EPEA intel based motherboard. My >dual-boot Redhat 9.0 setup can automatically shutdown >and power off. But freeBSD can't do that (yet). > >Are there any flags I need to set in rc.conf or what >do I need to set to recompile the kernel? >I use freeBSD 4.5. >THanks > >________________________________________________________________________ >Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! >Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > This was a recent question, the answer was shutdown -p now. If acpi if off it may now automatically power off. Check /boot/loader.conf for hint.acpi...., if this is set comment it out and it will work. The reason it was commented out on new installs was acpi was broken on some boards with 5.0 and newer.
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