From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 31 3:47:51 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 31 03:47:49 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bumper.jellybaby.net (bumper.jellybaby.net [194.159.247.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D890437B400 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:47:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from simond@localhost) by bumper.jellybaby.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id LAA92685; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:47:43 GMT (envelope-from simond) Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:47:42 +0000 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: lanehol@bellsouth.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using shutdown to POWERDOWN the system Message-ID: <20001231114742.A92391@irrelevant.org> References: <082f01c072eb$83b48220$9f951442@windows.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <082f01c072eb$83b48220$9f951442@windows.home>; from lanehol@bellsouth.net on Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 11:35:41PM -0600 Sender: simond@bumper.jellybaby.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 11:35:41PM -0600, lanehol@bellsouth.net wrote: > I see in the man page for shutdown that the -p option will cause the system > to power down (hardware support required) but that doesn't seem to work for > me. > > I'm running 4.2-RELEASE on an ASUS P5A-Aladdin motherboard with a K62 (or is > that a three?) processor which responded satisfactorily to the Windoze > power-down sequence back when that was installed. > > Is power-management in FreeBSD designed exclusively for laptops? Or is this > a kernel option that I have missed? Try adding "device apm0" to your kernel config file and then add apmd_enable="YES" to your /etc/rc.conf, then shutdown -p should work -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message