Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:02:07 +0100 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ESS Maestro not supported and no power switch. Message-ID: <20000817150206.B24296@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <14747.60884.276585.256314@trooper.velocet.net>; from dgilbert@velocet.ca on Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 09:51:16AM -0400 References: <14747.60884.276585.256314@trooper.velocet.net>
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On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 09:51:16AM -0400, David Gilbert wrote: > Recently, I got a good deal on a new laptop and I have found that a > fair amount of it's hardware is well supported. There remain two > naggling bits: > > The other is that there is no "off" switch on the laptop. Yes, I have > examined and tried many BIOS settings and tried several combinations > of things, but there appears to be no off button. > > Is there code (or a patch) to cause FreeBSD to shut off the power > apm-wise when a halt is finished? If your kernel currently has apm compiled in then just try using shutdown -p now rather than -h, it may work on your setup, doesn't on mine :/ -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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