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Date:      Fri, 25 May 2001 21:12:46 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>
To:        Martin Hasenbein <mh-freebsd-questions@space.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: shutdown and power-off
Message-ID:  <3B0F2D3E.8BC74FFE@DougBarton.net>
References:  <20010525101648.B57030@Space.Net>

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Martin Hasenbein wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> does anyone know how to configure FreeBSD to shutdown
> and auto-power-off? I already compiled device   apm0
> into the kernel and put apm_enable="YES" and apmd_enable="YES"
> into rc.conf. 

	You don't need the second one, apm_enable is enough.

> I enabled PM by APM in the BIOS. When I do
> a shutdowm -p now the computer goes down, but it doesn't
> power off. 

	Are you sure that you have an ATX power supply? If you're on a desktop
system with an ATX power supply the power off won't work. 

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