Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 11:43:43 -0500 From: David J Duchscher <daved@nostrum.com> To: BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Intercepting ATX power switch Message-ID: <BF12A6CF-6C10-11D6-96E8-00306547FB28@nostrum.com> In-Reply-To: <55dad556061f.56061f55dad5@mbox.com.au>
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This is what I did. There may be a better way but this does work for me.
You need to set up your BIOS to do a suspend instead of powering off the
machine whent he power button is hit. Next, you need to update the
/etc/apmd.conf file to issue the shutdown command. Then you need to start
up apmd (APMD_ENABLE in rc.conf). This is the apmd.conf file that I use:
apm_event USERSUSPENDREQ {
exec "logger -t apmd user suspend at `date +'%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S'`";
exec "shutdown -p now";
}
apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
exec "logger -t apmd suspend at `date +'%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S'`";
exec "shutdown -p now";
}
Only one of these will get called. I use this file on multiple machines
and some fire the USERSUSPENDREQ, others fire the SUSPENDREQ.
DaveD
On Sunday, May 19, 2002, at 04:23 PM, BSD Freak wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have compiled my 4.5 kernel with the "device apm" option and enabled
> APM in rc.conf. The "shutdown -p now" command works well and powers off
> the machine as it is supposed to. Now what I *REALLY* need is to
> intercept the ATX power switch so that the machine does a proper
> shutdown when the ATX power switch is hit (the way Win2K does). Can
> anyone help me with this one ..... please. :-)
>
> Thanks in advance.....
>
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