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Date:      Sat, 17 Jul 1999 14:03:17 -0400
From:      Alexandre Normand <Minux@SoftHome.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [HELP] APM and ATX
Message-ID:  <199907171801.OAA11204@vesuve.globetrotter.net>
In-Reply-To: <3790B48F.25F13673@hexanet.fr>

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Try adding this line to your /etc/rc.conf :

apm_enable="YES"

Hope this helps.

Alexandre Normand
<minux@softhome.net>

>Hi 
>
>I would like to be able to switch off the power on 
>my machine by software using the shutdown -p now
>command.
>
>I contacted Mister Hosokawa would said it could be done
>on an ATX motherboard with an APM Ready Bios 
>
>
>
>an ATX ASUSTEK P2L97 motherboard running 3.2-Stable
>with an ACPI Bios (Which has 1.2 APM ) 
>
>Here is what I did so far
>
>
>In the KERNEL 
>
>I have : 
>
>device          apm0    at isa? # flags 0x31 Advanced Power Management
>
>
>in my BIOS Power management is enabled except for Suspend Mode 
>
>when I boot I get this :
>
>apm0 on isa
>apm: found APM BIOS version 1.2
>
>
>But I still can not get "shutdown -p now" to power off the 
>machine.
>
>
>Can you help me ? 
>
>
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