From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 11 15:19:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9CE51065670 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:19:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from sola.nimnet.asn.au (paqi.nimnet.asn.au [220.233.188.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CDB28FC21 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:19:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sola.nimnet.asn.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n7BFJQ3L076043; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:19:26 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:19:26 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: "b. f." In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20090812010719.W19821@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <3f1d93450908090448p3553bfb7te177a3b247bf6cc@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908092109p63b10f8bnd92d15fbbc943d4f@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908102038g2f972d45yc3ae5cb0ae9de785@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Tim Matthews Subject: Re: laptop doesn't power off X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:19:29 -0000 On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, b. f. wrote: > On 8/11/09, Tim Matthews 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