From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 11 18:35:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA26647 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:35:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA26633 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:35:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA01755; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:29:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806120029.RAA01755@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Auto power-off? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Jun 1998 01:42:35 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:29:23 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi! > > When I got my current computer, I was surprised to find that when using > Windows, when you shut Windows down the computer automatically powers > down. I have seen this on a couple of other computers, too. > > I seem to remember reading that -stable can do the same thing, but I'm not > sure. Can it? > > If not, how can it be done, and could it be added? > Would it be a useful addition? (Potentially useful remotely?) It varies from system to system. Try building a kernel with APM enabled, then try: # apmconf -e # shutdown -h now Depending on your APM implementation, the system may (should) shut down. I use this with my laptop all the time. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message