Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 08:30:34 -0400 From: "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>, "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: powering down Message-ID: <200209270830.34515.bts@babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209270814540.3803-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209270814540.3803-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
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Yes, I believe that they do. On Friday 27 September 2002 08:16 am, John Bleichert wrote: | On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Jack L. Stone wrote: | > Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:55:09 -0500 | > From: Jack L. Stone <jackstone@sage-one.net> | > To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>, | > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: powering down | > | > At 09:35 PM 9.26.2002 -0400, John Bleichert wrote: | > >Hello All | > > | > >Is there any way to get FreeBSD to actually shut off my hardware? | > > It won't do so on any of my boxes using 'shutdown -h now'. | > > | > >Just curious. | > > | > >Thanks - JB | > > | > > | > ># John Bleichert | > ># http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg | > | > You'll need to make these changes: | > | > ==>to the kernel -- comment out the first line and add the second | > and recompile the kernel | > # Power management support (see LINT for more options) | > #device apm0 at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # Advanced | > Power Management | > device apm0 at nexus? flags 0x20 # Advanced Power | > Management | > | > ==>to the rc.conf -- add the line below | > apm_enable="YES" | > | > After you reboot, you should be able to use "shutdown -p now" and | > it will turn off the machine. Look at the dmesg after the boot to | > see if you see the "apm" onboard stuff. Check your BIOS too. | > | > Best regards, | > Jack L. Stone, | > Administrator | | Ah. I have APM support enabled on my Thinkpad, it works fairly well. | I'll try it on my workstation when I get home. All I really needed to | do was read the man page for shutdown(8). Wotta putz... | | Perhaps the Linux versions of shutdown (which is where I first used | this command) have a swizzle in them where the '-h' switch actually | works like '-p' here? | | Thanks - JB | | # John Bleichert | # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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