From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 17 7: 8: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C2937B401 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 07:08:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3407943E6E for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 07:08:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott.mitchell@mail.com) Received: from fishballoon.dyndns.org ([80.4.0.215]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20021117150800.FJZK1327.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@fishballoon.dyndns.org>; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:08:00 +0000 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara [192.168.1.6]) by fishballoon.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gAHF7xbO030067; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:07:59 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAHF7wWd084308; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:07:58 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:07:58 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Vidor Demeter Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Power off problem Message-ID: <20021117150758.C19871@fishballoon.dyndns.org> References: <000a01c28e49$7a710820$0200a8c0@amd1800> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <000a01c28e49$7a710820$0200a8c0@amd1800>; from vidor@home.se on Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:56:15PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:56:15PM +0100, Vidor Demeter wrote: > Hi all, > > I used to be a SuSE user but I've decided to install FreeBSD instead, which > I do not regret. > I had some great surprises compared to Linux, and I've decided to stay with > FreeBSD! :-) > So I'm quite new to FreeBSD and I will have some questions until I get the > system run after my > whishes. The first problem is that I can not manage to configure the system > shutdown with > power off option. I've compiled the kernel with the apm option and I changed > the rc.conf > file as well, with ' apm_enable="YES" ', but no luck. After the shutdown I > have to power > off the system with the Power Off button! :-( > I can not find any further help on this but what I described here. Did I > missed something? > I have an AMD 1800+ XP CPU, with 256MB RAM and 40GB HD, Asus mobo. > Can somebody help me ? > TIA Vidor Hi Vidor, Did you use the 'shutdown -p' command? Coming from a Linux background, you're probably used to just using 'shutdown -h'. On FreeBSD that does exactly what it says and halts the system... you need the -p flag to turn off the power. Make sure power management is turned on in your BIOS as well. Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message