Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:57:38 +0200 From: Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= <se@freebsd.org> To: Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble with ACPI and ASUS MB Message-ID: <20030715225738.GA4028@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030715003319.GA20034@scottro11.homeunix.net> References: <20030715003319.GA20034@scottro11.homeunix.net>
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On 2003-07-14 20:33 -0400, Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > I installed 5.1 RELEASE on a box with an ASUS A7A266 motherboard. Not > having done enough reading, I had put device apm in the kernel and added > apmd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. > > The box wouldn't turn off in response to shutdown -p. I then looked > through NOTES and added device acpi, which fixed the problem. > > However, on IRC, someone with far more knowledge than myself mentioned > that this could be dangerous. As it is a test box, he asked that I cvsup > CURRENT and see if adding > > acpi_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf (and removing the apm stuff, as > well as the device acpi) would fix the problem. > > It didn't. For the heck of it, I then tried recompiling the kernel with > the device acpi put back in, despite the possible dangers, but it didn't > work either. kldstat shows that the acip module is loaded. The error > that I get is ACPI timed out. > > ACPI power-off failed - timeout > The operating system has halted > Press any key to reboot Try sysctl hw.acpi.disable_on_poweroff=0 and put the assignment into /etc/sysctl.conf, if it makes a difference ... (It does, on my system ...) Regards, STefan
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