Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 01:30:42 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Tim Matthews <tim.matthews7@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, erich@apsara.com.sg Subject: Re: laptop doesn't power off Message-ID: <20090809011729.P19821@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <3f1d93450908080709x4cc9d006i9da7a995e2a70030@mail.gmail.com> References: <3f1d93450908080021j2e34286fxb46991bfea2da1b8@mail.gmail.com> <fe3551530908080500x10943aa0l5b161562e754075c@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908080537g4933bd85idd01288de764b38b@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908080709x4cc9d006i9da7a995e2a70030@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Tim Matthews wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 08 August 2009 pm 15:21:17 Tim Matthews wrote: > > >* I have a sony vaio sz483n. The powering down works almost fine > > > > *>* up until the last step. The screen goes clear as it is about to > > *>* power down but then it just stays in a kind of on state. > > *>* > > *can you run a normal 'shutdown now' and press then the power > > > > > > button? > > > > Erich > > > > > If I run "shutdown now" The last thing that gets printed to the screen is > enter path to shell or press return for /bin/sh. This hasn't attempted to > power off my laptop so holding the power button down does still work but is > it safe to do so? Even if so I would really prefer a working implementation > of soft off like M$ windows and linux can do. Does 'shutdown -h now' work ok? It's certainly safe to kill power if it has halted, but of course that's only a workaround till finding out why and how shutdown -p is failing on it. And if not, it's more data .. cheers, Ian
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