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> In-Reply-To: <082f01c072eb$83b48220$9f951442@windows.home>; from lanehol@bellsouth.net on Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 11:35:41PM -0600 References: <082f01c072eb$83b48220$9f951442@windows.home>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20001231114742.A92391>