Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:19:26 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Tim Matthews <tim.matthews7@gmail.com> Subject: Re: laptop doesn't power off Message-ID: <20090812010719.W19821@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <d873d5be0908110257y2eefc04ey7143c1da92b9c195@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be0908090439o5ec6fb68p11655638a1412a23@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908090448p3553bfb7te177a3b247bf6cc@mail.gmail.com> <d873d5be0908090537ifb6aa16h353625e9b6bdf082@mail.gmail.com> <d873d5be0908090547t5544bb86g1c3318fbb83c2710@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908092109p63b10f8bnd92d15fbbc943d4f@mail.gmail.com> <d873d5be0908100622h45e017dfx27250fa8dcd04ffa@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908102038g2f972d45yc3ae5cb0ae9de785@mail.gmail.com> <d873d5be0908110257y2eefc04ey7143c1da92b9c195@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, b. f. wrote: > On 8/11/09, Tim Matthews <tim.matthews7@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have tried different combinations of a lot of things and powering off not > > working, everything else working fine with no sign of acpi errors in logs. > > acpiconf -s 1 (or any other number) operation not supported. I am now very > > sure that my bios is up to date. Is there any thing that can be done to make > > freebsd's acpi behave like linux's acpi? [..] > Also, have you tried FreeBSD 8 to see if that works for you? > > In the meantime, you can safely power down your machine by running > 'shutdown -h now', and then manually cutting power. A bit of a > nuisance, but not the end of the world. That was my suggestion too, but I'm still not clear whether 'shutdown -h now' works on Tim's Sony, especially when the message Tim referenced, ie http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-acpi/2007-October/004162.html said that on that poster's Toshiba M40: - shutdown -r: works properly - shutdown -h: halts the system normally; pressing a key to reboot works; the power button does not work--it is necessary to remove the battery to shut the machine off - shutdown -p: shuts down the operating system, but does not turn the power off; the power button does not work--it is necessary to remove the battery to shut the machine off If 'shutdown -h now' does work - to the extent that the power button then works without battery removal - then it's a different scenario. cheers, Ian
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