From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 4 21:34:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E47F16A42F for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:34:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mse_software@charter.net) Received: from mxsf28.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf28.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.228]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8923443D46 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:34:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mse_software@charter.net) Received: from mxip29a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip29a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.188]) by mxsf28.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j74LYT4W013129 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:34:30 -0400 Received: from 68-186-85-19.dhcp.knwk.wa.charter.com (HELO yak.mseubanks.net) ([68.186.85.19]) by mxip29a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 04 Aug 2005 17:34:29 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.95,168,1120449600"; d="scan'208"; a="21335413:sNHT24343018" From: Mike Eubanks To: stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <1123187556.786.25.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:34:26 -0700 Message-Id: <1123191266.786.55.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "J. Nyhuis" Subject: Re: ``shutdown -p now'' not working in 5.4 STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mse_software@charter.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:34:32 -0000 On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 14:21 -0700, J. Nyhuis wrote: > Wouldn't you want a -h for "halt" to prevent it from powering back > up? > > Thanks, > > John H. Nyhuis > Sr. Computer Specialist > Dept. of Pediatrics > HS RR349B, Box 356320 > University of Washington > Desk: (206)-685-3884 > cabal@u.washington.edu > > On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > > At 1:32 PM -0700 8/4/05, Mike Eubanks wrote: > >> I have finished migrating my system from 5.1-RELEASE to 5.4-STABLE. > >> The system no longer powers down using either the `shutdown -p now' > >> or `acpiconf -s 5' commands. Instead it always restarts. > > > > This won't help much, but I have a system running 5.4-STABLE as of > > Thu Jul 28, and `shutdown -p now' works on that. Dual-athlon. > > > > -- > > Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu > > Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org > > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu Yeah, the `-h' option does halt the system. The system does not power down though as it should with `-p' (halt and power down). -- Mike Eubanks