Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 22:33:04 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shutting down system Message-ID: <40319980.4040303@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <200402162154.45288.algould@datawok.com> References: <20040216194334.B491.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> <200402162154.45288.algould@datawok.com>
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Andrew L. Gould wrote: >On Monday 16 February 2004 06:44 pm, Gerard Seibert wrote: > > >>I have version 5.2 RC#1 installed. >> >>I have not been able to get the shutdown command to power down my computer. >>I used the following command: >> >>shutdown -p now >> >>It simple gets to a point where it says press any key to restart. I never >>had any problem doing a power off shutdown using Windows XP. Can any one >>give me any assistance? >> >>Thanks! >> >>Gerard E. Seibert >>gerard-seibert@rcn.com >> >> > >Did you enable apm in /etc/rc.conf? > >What do you get when you execute the following? > >apm -s > >If you get a 0 (zero), then I don't think apm is enabled at bootup. See if >this works: > >apm -e 1 >shutdown -p now > >If it worked, then apm is functioning; but you need to enable it prior to >shutdown. > >Best of luck, > >Andrew Gould > > > Just curious ... 5.X uses ACPI, not APM, right? So does your advice still hold true? "$apm -s" returns 0 on my system, but shutdown -p works like a charm.... Should we perhaps also check whether or not "kldstat" returns "acpi.ko" ?? Kevin Kinsey
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