Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:10:40 +0200 From: Ralph Meijer <ralphm@wat.moet.ik.nu> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ESS Maestro not supported and no power switch. Message-ID: <20000817171039.A78787@mag.ik.nu> In-Reply-To: <20000817150206.B24296@irrelevant.org>; from simond@irrelevant.org on Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 03:02:07PM %2B0100 References: <14747.60884.276585.256314@trooper.velocet.net> <20000817150206.B24296@irrelevant.org>
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On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 03:02:07PM +0100, simond@irrelevant.org wrote: > 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 :/ > Besides enabling apm in the kernel you must also put the line apm_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf If, by any chance your laptop is an HP OmniBook 4150 you should try to hold the 'stand-by' button for like 5 seconds. Furthermore there is a small hole on the left side where you can insert a paperclip to shutdown the machine. And the soundcard: well it is kinda supported bij OSS drivers, which really suck (at least in my configuration) and the soundcard has a few issues itself according to the readme of the OSS driver (like not being able to play stereo 16 bit mp3s. Greetz, Ralphm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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