From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 5 21:17:19 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 C31F916A41F for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 21:17:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mse_software@charter.net) Received: from mxsf33.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf33.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 447E743D48 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 21:17:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mse_software@charter.net) Received: from mxip15a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip15a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.145]) by mxsf33.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j75LHHg1016042 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:17:17 -0400 Received: from 68-186-85-19.dhcp.knwk.wa.charter.com (HELO yak.mseubanks.net) (68.186.85.19) by mxip15a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 05 Aug 2005 17:17:17 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.95,171,1120449600"; d="scan'208"; a="1356540623:sNHT16137766" From: Mike Eubanks To: stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <42F33FA6.6060808@stud.ntnu.no> References: <1123187556.786.25.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> <1123191266.786.55.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> <42F33FA6.6060808@stud.ntnu.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:17:15 -0700 Message-Id: <1123276635.4278.23.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Owe =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgensen?= 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: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:17:19 -0000 On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 12:29 +0200, Owe Jørgensen wrote: > Mike Eubanks wrote: > > >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). > > > > > > > > > I guess it would be more healthy for the system and your fitness if you > reached down and turned it off manually after a shutdown -h.... :-) Right you are. Once the machine is being used, though, I will need one arm that is at least 240 miles in length and rippling back muscles to carry the weight of my arm. :-) -- Mike Eubanks