From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 11 19:22:55 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 552BF1065674 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:22:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f206.google.com (mail-ew0-f206.google.com [209.85.219.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6DB38FC49 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:22:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy2 with SMTP id 2so3954867ewy.43 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:22:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=AXjYxPvn0Zx/eLGK85fUppY2uw8OyhopCYGYwcqMD+8=; b=TMUWOIHbIpFypYGHKfsTW9cr6QvRRZdqFQxvqzVXA3MVH+6IefPX5cUUmZwcPbn7UK f6tYHjuIS4cczIueT4wiZHJEuvMlZKp2+LdZBp1i4ZQQTnmbWvMcZOwJ0hAEzqejTvHe gfYUrmCatWjiyKPTmjvHl2cfGyehkaZ2c9oTU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SFg4LfQTpRocQ5v5OxyxQg8FHIZ2/IpTDRjsTG0qoUS51UX63x71Tn7yUTHBQq8cMN DzMYkElyfCV+/4nMoFHSj5GgviUF/Nkx84kToMFfpwjyxKovCfrT+X0NQTCukvHEHRoo W72aD/TX0/SX+eV2ax8fcokYCdRhODJqBhRUI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.13.74 with SMTP id a52mr1366941wea.145.1250018573559; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:22:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090811173839.538F51CC31@ptavv.es.net> References: <20090811173839.538F51CC31@ptavv.es.net> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:22:53 +0000 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: Kevin Oberman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org 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 19:22:55 -0000 On 8/11/09, Kevin Oberman wrote: > It might also be worth mentioning that you can ALMOST always force a > system to power down by pressing and holding the power button for 5 > seconds. This has always worked for me and is pretty fundamental, but > it is claimed that there is an exception to every rule. (Some systems > allow this to be disabled in BIOS, though.) > > In any case, this is easier than pulling the battery. No doubt. But in his first post I think he mentioned that this didn't work for him, either. At least, he said holding the power button down "for a long time" didn't work. I'm assuming this was at least five seconds. He didn't mention anything about checking his BIOS settings. b.