From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 09:09:10 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 4A2A137B401 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:09:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.broadpark.no (mail.broadpark.no [217.13.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8191243F93 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:09:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from junkmail@sensewave.com) Received: from tove (la3sg.net [217.13.29.172]) by mail.broadpark.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAC1E7898A; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:09:07 +0200 (MEST) From: "Kjell Midtseter" To: marlon corleone Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:09:06 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Message-ID: <3F1C2C42.4256.6A3D77@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <20030721144810.91807.qmail@web10007.mail.yahoo.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cant power off, using shutdown -p now X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: junkmail@sensewave.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:09:10 -0000 On 21 Jul 2003, at 7:48, marlon corleone wrote: > im running 5.1-RELEASE, my problem is when i try to > execute the command: shutdown -p now, the error > message that i received is: > > POWER SYSTEM off using, ACPI.. ACPI POWER-OFF > failed-timeout the operating system halted. press any > key to reboot > I had exactly the same error message. Then I moved the HD to another box using the same motherboard and CPU chip, and the error message went away. I compared the BIOS setup for the two, adjusted the APM setup for the first box, moved the HD back and it would shut down without any protest. Try play around with the BIOS and see! > as you can see, the problem is with the ACPI POWER, > but i did enable ACPI in cmos, i have no problem > shutting off the system running 4.7 and 4.8, is this > because, i forgot to add some entry in my customed > kernel to support the autoshutdown, like in 4.8 i just > enable APM in the kernel: Exactly my experience too! > > # Power management support (see LINT for more options) > device apm0 at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # > Advanced Power Management > > but here in 5.1-RELEASE, what should i add in the > kernel? None required. GENERIC will do fine. GL from Kjell