From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 29 01:48:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F9916A4CE for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:48:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mmp-2.gci.net (mmp-2.gci.net [208.138.130.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4B3E43FDD for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:48:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonr@destar.net) Received: from mail2.ninestar.com (240-7-237-24.gci.net [24.237.7.240]) by mmp-2.gci.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HP300MBEXVXIW@mmp-2.gci.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:47:59 -0900 (AKST) Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:45:57 -0900 From: Jon Reynolds In-reply-to: <1070095381.711.3.camel@klamath> To: FreeBSD List Message-id: <1070099157.4333.107.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <3FC807D2.5090209@fastmail.fm> <1070095381.711.3.camel@klamath> Subject: Re: Laptop starts back up on its own X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jonr@destar.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 09:48:02 -0000 On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 23:43, Andreas Kohn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 03:43, Trey Sizemore wrote: > > First time I've seen this happen...I've installed FreeBSD: > > > > FreeBSD laptop.fbsdsizemore.com 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu > > Jun 5 02:55:42 GMT 2003 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com > > :/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > > on my laptop. When I shut the PC down at night, I wake to find it back > > on again a little later. Today I shut it down, left the house, came > > back and it was on again. > > > > I shut down by entering 'shutdown -h (or -p) now' at the command line > > and then depressing the power button after it says OK to power down or > > 'press any key to restart'. It does power down completely and then a > > little later (not sure how long it takes), it's back on again. > > > > Looking for some things to check to get to the root (no pun intended) of > > this. > > > Hi, > > one thing to check: Did you set a timer in the laptop's BIOS? > > Regards, Have you talked to a preist? Sorry, couldn't resist.