shutdown does not power down

[Peter Jeremy]

On 2008-Dec-09 06:14:58 -0800, Unga <unga888 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>After studying the ACPI, I realized that acpi_shutdown_final()
>doesn't get registered to "shutdown_final" event due to the fact
>/dev/acpi is missing. Therefore, the acpi_shutdown_final() doesn't
>executed when shutdown.  I'm not sure why the /dev/acpi is not
>getting created by devfs.

Are you sure ACPI is attaching?
Does kldstat report 'acpi.ko'?
Do you have an 'acpi0' device in your /var/run/dmesg.boot (and
not have any ACPI-related errors in the probe messages)?
Do you have a hw.acpi sysctl tree?

-- 
Peter Jeremy
Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement
an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.
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