Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:50:12 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> To: rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shutdown And User Intervention Message-ID: <20041013175012.GA23062@lori.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20041013145008.94842.qmail@web52105.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041013145008.94842.qmail@web52105.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 07:50:08AM -0700, Rishi Chopra wrote: > Is there a way to issue a shutdown command that > doesn't require me to press a key to reboot? > > Currently when I enter the command 'shutdown -p' the > system shuts down gracefully but I have to press a key > to reboot the system. > > Ultimately I'd like to be able to power-off the system > gracefully without requiring the user (me) to press a > key afterwards. Add the following to your kernel configuration file, build and install a new kernel and try shutdown -p again: device acpica It's not in de GENERIC kernel because 1) this feature is still experimental (however it seems to work fine), and 2) many users never shutdown -p their FreeBSD machines anyway. :-) GH -- :wq
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