From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 19 9:13:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from styx.aic.net (Styx.AIC.NET [195.250.64.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A114D1529D for ; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:13:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ran@styx.aic.net) Received: (from ran@localhost) by styx.aic.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id VAA22128; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:11:10 +0500 (AMST) From: "Ran d'Adi" Message-Id: <199908191611.VAA22128@styx.aic.net> Subject: Re: shutdown -p now In-Reply-To: from Kenneth Wayne Culver at "Aug 18, 1999 9:10:43 am" To: culverk@wam.umd.edu (Kenneth Wayne Culver) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:11:10 +0500 (AMST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I want shutdown to make my computer turn off without pushing the power > button. I looked in the manpage for shutdown, and shutdown -p now is > supposed to turn off the computer. However it doesn't. I have a PII 450 > with the apm device turned on. Windows, and Redhat both do what I'm asking > so I was just wondering what I'm doing wrong in FreeBSD. > You need apm support in your kernel, then enable apm in rc.conf apm_enable="YES" or from command line: apmconf -e But is there any chance to do clean shutdown when pressing power button ? I mean ATX box, of course ;) > > > Kenneth Culver > Computer Science Major at the University of Maryland, College Park. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Ran d'Adi ran@styx.aic.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message