Re: Shutting down system

From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. (kdk_at_daleco.biz)
Date: 02/17/04

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    Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 22:33:04 -0600
To: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>

    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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