From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 11:52:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC27E1065685 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:52:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominique.goncalves@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A48168FC28 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:52:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominique.goncalves@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1978165wfg.7 for ; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:52:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=E411aRTqCrqGEKrDGsFNFUHnfpm3HqgcKb8VpoOmfYs=; b=sPxHY1+zC3I27+wF7YZD+/bM2vf0reyF0mfkFmjttbOGUPxPCDL4KEJ09+zYyAiRru 68JmaHI3AJ3rDvjGRJEdb1E9VYYPxoBqMdy7T2mnPcC7vJ/D2FyyTJdE7Qpruf3tG5/a HF24TaxoEP6YRElwMlFQuNf1f/vVVID0rnTEU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=K6qlMA0BFOJd9tExwTou0SMdCx5ibWWoY/CsrSNwIHaDMVRdOnT2t8QQOwvYvDbHNP ymg1al606GE/8eErI82gQbu9JFNAXJo+4x5ySxy5ItUjti+wKcmbUSOLhjdsCEDDBLX5 iyNJhb9pQyPg1tIQCqSpMoNsG/J1X7WF22Rx4= Received: by 10.141.42.10 with SMTP id u10mr8496765rvj.292.1220961142008; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:52:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.40.9 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 04:52:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7daacbbe0809090452x56453123j27fc080f9a01dc56@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:52:21 +0200 From: "Dominique Goncalves" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080828111526.GA5373@holstein.holy.cow> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7daacbbe0808261055w62f46ebah93b2b595011c6117@mail.gmail.com> <20080828111526.GA5373@holstein.holy.cow> Subject: Re: HDD USB still on after computer shutdown X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:52:22 -0000 Hi Parv, On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Parv wrote: > in message <7daacbbe0808261055w62f46ebah93b2b595011c6117@mail.gmail.com>, > wrote Dominique Goncalves thusly... >> >> I use FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE and an HDD USB (Maxtor, external PSU, >> 500GB). When I shutdown my computer (shutdown -p now ) the HDD >> USB is still on. In Windows XP it works, the HDD USB is off. >> >> Is there a way to resolve this issue? >> >> %dmesg > ... > > I have a Thinkpad T61 laptop which has a section in BIOS > configuration titled "USB something-or-other". When a particular > subsection is activated, the "help text" mentions along the lines > that enabling the option would continue to power USB ports for > connected devices after shutdown. > > So do poke around in BIOS, unless of course somebody else could > offer a solution to be executed within FreeBSD. Sorry for being so long to answer. I've not found an option about this in the bios. I'll give a try on acpi mailing list. Thanks anyway for your help! > > - Parv > > -- > > Regards. -- There's this old saying: "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life."