From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 11 22:30:11 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 0A4F61065672 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:30:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim.matthews7@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADD698FC41 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:30:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe11 with SMTP id 11so5464900yxe.3 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:30:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=MIoBGdC6yWUog0yPTtxYnojtNX7vTEDzwUpIHD2WEwg=; b=K6qgAh/QEdMC4SLWM6xikDBFizLAwQRhT6uWxwrLdWgHPA1JEL4QAeufd9bpsyLcZE 4t6Za5FXhYBwdYXhUKGI6dGlUQ5CBgExbMu8WicKisLLjzvmGh3ZKc3he9dMtyCcZ4yq 2AuqfcGRCpHHqsk5tsbYNT3YwPs4F7HAJHX5o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=Lve0G9dJpA0kCnqcxi56isjPt9GaYGVSf4B426VlQrYFM0XYFVbo/maDrHq4IaoJsd /Z685dOn59amBGsVgJsreikExgrHwMudYwPHBtMJ2mbDe0BOlCKs1/jPTDcdufMOaipH Oy9N/NKrw0OlKyW0J46itra9p4IQL6LWpbQXg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.13.69 with SMTP id b5mr1991700iba.40.1250029809056; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:30:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <3f1d93450908111529q75a95b1o23c69c2aad8c4587@mail.gmail.com> References: <3f1d93450908090448p3553bfb7te177a3b247bf6cc@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908092109p63b10f8bnd92d15fbbc943d4f@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908102038g2f972d45yc3ae5cb0ae9de785@mail.gmail.com> <20090812010719.W19821@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <3f1d93450908111529q75a95b1o23c69c2aad8c4587@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:30:09 +1200 Message-ID: <3f1d93450908111530g5fa7c901gb3c85dd166e3734b@mail.gmail.com> From: Tim Matthews To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Fwd: 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 22:30:11 -0000 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tim Matthews Date: Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:29 AM Subject: Re: laptop doesn't power off To: Ian Smith On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Ian Smith wrote: > 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 > After a halt I can still hold power button down to turn off my laptop so maybe a little different then. I'm gona try to find time to recompile my kernel. It has become a lot harder to things like that since my screen broke and I mainly use the external vga connector once X has started but that's another story.