Matthew Thyer wrote: > Anyway, how do I power off a machine on shutdown ? > > I have "apm" in the kernel and it probes as apm v 1.2 but when > the "shutdown -p now" command is run, the power is not turned > off and I have to hold down the power button for 4 seconds to > turn it off. > > Hows it done ? > > Do I have to run "apmconf -e" (The owner hasn't tried this yet) >
Yes. There is a knob in /etc/rc.conf ("apm_enable") that forces this at startup. -- JMA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- José Mª Alcaide | mailto:j...@we.lc.ehu.es Universidad del País Vasco | mailto:j...@es.freebsd.org Dpto. de Electricidad y Electrónica | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jose Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.: +34-946012479 48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN | Fax: +34-944858139 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Go ahead... make my day." - H. Callahan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message