Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 07:22:07 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: how to enable auto power off Message-ID: <20030918071918.O94950@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <003701c37dde$b38140f0$04fea8c0@moe> References: <003701c37dde$b38140f0$04fea8c0@moe>
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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. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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