Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 01:13:35 -0500 (EST) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>, Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: coming back up after power failure (UPS) Message-ID: <20060309061336.3683.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060308175743.02804c38@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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--- Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: > Peter, > > Look in the bios in the power management section, for something like > after > loss of power, there set the action to power on, as opposed to stay > off, or > anything else. > > You can test this just power on the unit and pull the plug during the > bios > post. If it comes back on when you plug it back in, you have it > right. > > I have NUT set to power down on low battery, so if you need help, let > me know. > > -Derek > > > At 05:39 PM 3/8/2006, Peter wrote: > > >--- Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> wrote: > > > > > > On an updated 5.4 box I am using Network UPS Tools (NUT) with > an > > > APC > > > > Smart-UPS. > > > > > > > > All is going very well but I cannot bring my box back up after > > > > simulating a power failure. At the end of the shutdown the > screen > > > > shows: > > > > > > > > "Press any key to reboot" > > > > > > > > Obviously this is not the desired outcome. > > > > > > > > How can I get my system to go down completely? Beyond this I > > > > understand there may be some BIOS adjustments to be made. > > > > > > man shutdown... > > > > > > -p The system is halted and the power is turned off > > > (hardware > > > support required) at the specified time. > > > > > > for starters... but yeah, you might need some BIOS changes... > > > > > > >Well I tried the -p switch and, indeed, the system came down > >completely. But now it just > >sits there. This is after I enabled this setting in my BIOS: > > > >"PME Event Wake UP" > > > >I figured that would do the trick but evidently not. Anything else > I > >should be looking at? How long should the system wait before coming > >back up? I waited only a minute. I did it! I was almost resigned to the fact that this would not work. One last rummage around the BIOS and I see this setting: "AC Back Function" Doesn't exactly draw much attention does it? But that was it. Damn. -- Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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