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: >=20 > > OK, I just checked the BIOS, and it does have Power=20 > Management support, > > and when I boot, I also see 'ACPI function enable' in the=20 > post msgs. I > > realize that ACPI is not supported in FBSD < 5.x. I'm=20 > running 4.8-p4. > > > > I've never used Power Management on any of my computers, so=20 > this is new > > territory for me. > > I would assume that I need to set Power Management to=20 > 'enabled' in BIOS, > > or no? >=20 > No. At least not on the machines I've set up lately. You=20 > need 'device > apm' (the hints have never been needed on my machines) and > 'apm_enable=3D"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?=20
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