Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 05:44:18 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>, "Andrew L. Gould <algould"@datawok.com Subject: Re[2]: Shutting down system Message-ID: <20040217053202.3D7D.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> In-Reply-To: <40319980.4040303@daleco.biz> References: <200402162154.45288.algould@datawok.com> <40319980.4040303@daleco.biz>
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>>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 >> ********** Reply Separator **********> > >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 > ********** Reply Separator **********> 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 ********** Reply Separator **********> Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:32:02 AM apm -s returns: can't open /dev/apm: no such file or directory apm -e 1 returns the same error message. kldstat returns a list of five modules, none of which is acpi.ko I am planning on reformatting my computer and installing the latest version of BSD when the next version comes out - hopefully the stable version. I would like to find out why this is not working now though if possible. Gerard Seibert
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