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Date:      Sun, 9 Jul 2000 02:46:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc:        Marcio Rosa da Silva <marcio@exatas.unisinos.br>, FreeBSD-mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Shutdown and turn-off
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007090245440.407-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000708173611.A26004@orion.ac.hmc.edu>

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On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Brooks Davis wrote:

>On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 09:26:19PM +0000, Marcio Rosa da Silva wrote:
>> How can I make FreeBSD turn-off my computer after a shutdown? When I
>> shutdown the notebook, the system prints a message asking to press some
>> key to reboot (if I use shutdown -h or halt) and don't turn-off the
>> computer.
>> 
>> I know this works because it works with Linux on the same machine, but I'm
>> switching to FreeBSD (which I use on my desktop also).
>
>You want to use the -p argument to shutdown.  It didn't work for me
>under 3.x but it did under 4.0 and does under current.
>
>-- Brooks

Also make sure apm is in the kernel, not disabled, (enable with boot -c if
you dont feel like recompiling the kernel), and apm is enabled in
/etc/rc.conf or you run apm -e (I think.)



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