Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 16:14:30 +0100 From: "Vidor Demeter" <vidor@home.se> To: "Scott Mitchell" <scott.mitchell@mail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Power off problem Message-ID: <005501c28e4c$06f5b5a0$0200a8c0@amd1800> References: <Pine.BSI.4.44.0211170855480.7618-100000@dargo.gwi.net> <000a01c28e49$7a710820$0200a8c0@amd1800> <20021117150758.C19871@fishballoon.dyndns.org>
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Hi Scott, Yes I tried with the -p also but it was the same result :-( Funny with Windows is working and Linux as well... Vidor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Mitchell" <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: "Vidor Demeter" <vidor@home.se> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 4:07 PM Subject: Re: Power off problem > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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