From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 10:14:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E571616A4BF for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:14:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail7.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 390AB43F75 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:14:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 616 invoked from network); 19 Aug 2003 17:14:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 19 Aug 2003 17:14:22 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7JHEK9s090167; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 13:14:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3F425A1E.6050003@math.missouri.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 13:14:44 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith cc: Alexander Leidinger cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI on Tyan Motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:14:24 -0000 On 19-Aug-2003 Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> Stephen Montgomery-Smith schrieb: >> >>> Actually the power-off button doesn't work at all under >>> FreeBSD-current. (It is a soft power-off button that dmesg shows is >>> detected by the OS.) >> >> >> Have you tried to hold the power-button a little bit longer? My >> power-button turn the system off when I pres it for ~4secs (but I >> haven't a Tyan board). >> >> > > I tried pressing the power button for a longer time. It does actually do > something. After about 4 seconds, it has the same effect as "shutdown -p now" > or "halt -p", that is, the video card stops working, the fans keep going, and > the disk access light comes fully on. > > I am guessing that this 4 second delay is part of how FreeBSD wants it. If that > is the case, it shows that the power button is working as it should - it is the > power-down process that is not working right. No, the 4 second countdown thing is in the BIOS/hardware and is not OS dependent at all. If the box doesn't properly shut off when you hold the power button for 4 seconds, that is a hardware or BIOS bug and something FreeBSD has no control over. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/