From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 28 11:25:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0269106568D for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:25:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3A618FC17 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:25:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com ([66.8.252.232]) by hrndva-omta06.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20080828111053.PMTB16835.hrndva-omta06.mail.rr.com@localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com>; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:10:53 +0000 Received: from holstein.holy.cow (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A33532C3; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:15:27 -1000 (HST) Received: (from parv@localhost) by holstein.holy.cow (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m7SBFQb5005670; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:15:26 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) X-Authentication-Warning: holstein.holy.cow: parv set sender to parv@pair.com using -f Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:15:26 -1000 From: Parv To: Dominique Goncalves Message-ID: <20080828111526.GA5373@holstein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Dominique Goncalves , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <7daacbbe0808261055w62f46ebah93b2b595011c6117@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7daacbbe0808261055w62f46ebah93b2b595011c6117@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HDD USB still on after computer shutdown X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:25:59 -0000 in message <7daacbbe0808261055w62f46ebah93b2b595011c6117@mail.gmail.com>, wrote Dominique Goncalves thusly... > > I use FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE and an HDD USB (Maxtor, external PSU, > 500GB). When I shutdown my computer (shutdown -p now ) the HDD > USB is still on. In Windows XP it works, the HDD USB is off. > > Is there a way to resolve this issue? > > %dmesg ... I have a Thinkpad T61 laptop which has a section in BIOS configuration titled "USB something-or-other". When a particular subsection is activated, the "help text" mentions along the lines that enabling the option would continue to power USB ports for connected devices after shutdown. So do poke around in BIOS, unless of course somebody else could offer a solution to be executed within FreeBSD. - Parv --