Rene wrote: > You can try to disable apm inthe kernel config. Christian wrote: > Remco wrote: >> If I remember correctly, the following hack in /etc/sysctl.conf worked for >> me on a Pentium II machine: >> machdep.apmhalt=1 # 1=powerdown hack, try if halt -p doesn't work > > It does work for my Pentium III-based Thinkpad A20m.
Both methods worked! Either by disabling apm at UKC> or by editing sysctl.conf. Theo wrote: > There is a sophisticated heuristic in play. Thanks for jogging my memory! Not that the following describes all the gory details, but part of this heuristic is based on the SMBIOS version. Single processor system older than 2.4 (mine's 2.1) gets APM: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=124545473209570&w=2 If anyone cares to indulge me further, is there any preference/advantage of going with ACPI over APM? Thanks again for such a great operating system! I'm always amazed at how OpenBSD helps keep old systems usable!
