Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:07:58 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Vidor Demeter <vidor@home.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Power off problem Message-ID: <20021117150758.C19871@fishballoon.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <000a01c28e49$7a710820$0200a8c0@amd1800>; from vidor@home.se on Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:56:15PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSI.4.44.0211170855480.7618-100000@dargo.gwi.net> <000a01c28e49$7a710820$0200a8c0@amd1800>
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On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:56:15PM +0100, 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 Hi Vidor, Did you use the 'shutdown -p' command? Coming from a Linux background, you're probably used to just using 'shutdown -h'. On FreeBSD that does exactly what it says and halts the system... you need the -p flag to turn off the power. Make sure power management is turned on in your BIOS as well. Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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