From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 8 14:09:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25E1B106566B for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:09:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim.matthews7@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f180.google.com (mail-yw0-f180.google.com [209.85.211.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D373F8FC26 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:09:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh10 with SMTP id 10so3825314ywh.7 for ; Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:09:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ra/ZFrCvER2debpAbXBFp76ok3j8kK2mJhHo/dxIc9w=; b=eDogWrEmHpJQPqXwkeNjvv2GrYJFcNQzcSmoolENWXoVOY58qApIg/PJb+HkQtbxgH dgKkgtoj35Ifqy4NYFZnjp/W9m/Lk/4oWQvHIJFF9eydwNLpUmjhQx9bLBgYj1SXCtT5 lt1LmGioTTT0jUBJDW81LZNP3RHdBlY6wDUyo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=eb0qJ44B/6oSqq8Cdb/LgSZ6u4dgU2P8SedeyZAnLnKbbevF80gpg3G5P+TZwvkWF/ hNff8shq9pWurIJ/+XmhW7QX323qJODkI/FN+iB5vEsbvvoK7fRdyv0+gYSAyuHMi0xU TJfk2TdvXOt9PvJKc+PJya/K4ZgZLyxwHqNmo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.35.140 with SMTP id p12mr1095825ibd.7.1249740585088; Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:09:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <3f1d93450908080537g4933bd85idd01288de764b38b@mail.gmail.com> References: <3f1d93450908080021j2e34286fxb46991bfea2da1b8@mail.gmail.com> <3f1d93450908080537g4933bd85idd01288de764b38b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 02:09:45 +1200 Message-ID: <3f1d93450908080709x4cc9d006i9da7a995e2a70030@mail.gmail.com> From: Tim Matthews To: erich@apsara.com.sg, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: laptop doesn't power off X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:09:46 -0000 > > Hi, > > On 08 August 2009 pm 15:21:17 Tim Matthews wrote: > >* I have a sony vaio sz483n. The powering down works almost fine > > *>* up until the last step. The screen goes clear as it is about to > *>* power down but then it just stays in a kind of on state. > *>* > *can you run a normal 'shutdown now' and press then the power > > > button? > > Erich > > If I run "shutdown now" The last thing that gets printed to the screen is enter path to shell or press return for /bin/sh. This hasn't attempted to power off my laptop so holding the power button down does still work but is it safe to do so? Even if so I would really prefer a working implementation of soft off like M$ windows and linux can do.