Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:45:12 -0500 From: "Charles Howse" <chowse@charter.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: how to enable auto power off Message-ID: <005b01c38078$df4e3020$04fea8c0@moe> In-Reply-To: <20030918071918.O94950@wonkity.com>
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> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Charles Howse wrote: > > > OK, I just checked the BIOS, and it does have Power > Management support, > > and when I boot, I also see 'ACPI function enable' in the > post msgs. I > > realize that ACPI is not supported in FBSD < 5.x. I'm > running 4.8-p4. > > > > I've never used Power Management on any of my computers, so > this is new > > territory for me. > > I would assume that I need to set Power Management to > 'enabled' in BIOS, > > or no? > > No. At least not on the machines I've set up lately. You > need 'device > apm' (the hints have never been needed on my machines) and > 'apm_enable="YES"', but that's it. I've recompiled with the proper lines in my kernel config and rc.conf, and when I boot, I see: apm: protected mode connections are not supported And shutdown -p now does not power off the machine. Should I assume that the BIOS does not support soft power off?help
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