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Date:      Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:58:59 +0100
From:      simond@irrelevant.org
To:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
Cc:        Fred Clift <fred@veriohosting.com>, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@uol.com.br>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: shutdown -p == shutdown -h ?
Message-ID:  <20000720155859.D31268@irrelevant.org>
In-Reply-To: <3977128E.AC694E8E@newsguy.com>; from dcs@newsguy.com on Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 11:54:06PM %2B0900
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007190944190.52970-100000@vespa.orem.iserver.com> <3977128E.AC694E8E@newsguy.com>

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On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 11:54:06PM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> Fred Clift wrote:
> > 
> > I noticed that -p and -h work the same (ie dont powerdown) when apmd isn't
> > running on my toshiba 300CT laptop.  If, however, I have apmd running
> > correctly, then shutdown -p powers the box down and shutdown -h brings it
> > to the point where it sasy 'it's ok to shut down your box now...'
> 
> The most common cause for shutdown -p not turning off the power is use
> of the default flags for apm in the kernel configuration. The default
> flags are "safe" flags, which won't enable apm 2.x, which is required
> for shutdown -p to function properly.

The only flags I've used in my kernel config are
device          apm0

And shutdown -p did used to work.

-- 
Simon Dick					simond@irrelevant.org


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