Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:10:40 -0700 From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> To: "'Garrett Wollman'" <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Upgraded from 4.9 to 5.2.1, apm no longer works? Message-ID: <000001c47344$41c92c50$132a15ac@spud> In-Reply-To: <200407261640.i6QGeWnF094059@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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> From: Garrett Wollman [mailto:wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu]=20 >=20 > <<On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 10:39:21 -0700, "Darren Pilgrim"=20 > <dmp@bitfreak.org> said: >=20 > > `init 0` is preferred because it runs /etc/rc.shutdown. >=20 > In which operating system? You're certainly not talking about > FreeBSD.... >=20 > > Neither are going to work, anyway, because /dev/apm isn't present. >=20 > `shutdown -p' does not depend on /dev/apm. <boot with hint.apm.0.disabled=3D"1" and apm_enable=3D"YES"> <error in the multi-user startup messages about /dev/apm not present> # shutdown -p now <init shutdown, sync, etc.> Operating system has been halted. Press any key to reboot. <boot with hint.apm.0.disabled=3D"0" and apm_enable=3D"YES"> # shutdown -p now <init shutdown, sync, etc.> <machine powers off> Shutdown doesn't directly use /dev/apm. The functionality of the -p = flag is, however, dependant on apm(8) to enable APM functions. The APM = functions only get enabled by apm(8) if /dev/apm is present.
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