Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:23:55 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?q?shanon=20loveridge?= <shanon_loveridge@yahoo.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATX soft power switch Message-ID: <15345.18715.468437.712039@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0111131108050.26601-100000@sun09pg2.wam.umd.edu> References: <15345.12579.877384.503861@guru.mired.org> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0111131108050.26601-100000@sun09pg2.wam.umd.edu>
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[Format recovered from top posting.] Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> types: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > > shanon loveridge <shanon_loveridge@yahoo.co.uk> types: > > > Is there a way to make use of the ATX soft power > > > switch in FreeBSD so the computer will automaticaly > > > power off when shutdown? > > > I know this can be done in Linux by recompiling the > > > kernal with this feature set. > > You need to build the kernel with apm enabled. At that point, > > "shutdown -p" should do what you want. > > > You also have to enable apm by adding apm_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf Are you sure? Last time I wanted to control just poweroff, I didn't need to enable apm via /etc/rc.conf. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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