Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:40:33 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?q?shanon=20loveridge?= <shanon_loveridge@yahoo.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATX soft power switch Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0111132339450.29557-100000@rac3.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <15345.18715.468437.712039@guru.mired.org>
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Maybe it's changed since the last time I tried it. I've been using -CURRENT for a while, which uses ACPI so I can't remember, last time I tried it with 4.x was about a month ago, and at that point it still needed apm to be enabled in rc.conf. Ken On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > [Format recovered from top posting.] > > Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> types: > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > shanon loveridge <shanon_loveridge@yahoo.co.uk> types: > > > > Is there a way to make use of the ATX soft power > > > > switch in FreeBSD so the computer will automaticaly > > > > power off when shutdown? > > > > I know this can be done in Linux by recompiling the > > > > kernal with this feature set. > > > You need to build the kernel with apm enabled. At that point, > > > "shutdown -p" should do what you want. > > > > > You also have to enable apm by adding apm_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf > > Are you sure? Last time I wanted to control just poweroff, I didn't > need to enable apm via /etc/rc.conf. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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