how to enable auto power off

[Mike Maltese]

In your kernel config:
device          apm0    at nexus? flags 0x20

Add to rc.conf (before you boot the new kernel):
apm_enable="yes"

Now to power off, use 'shutdown -p now'. See also apm(4).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tadimeti Keshav" <keshav_tadimeti at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: how to enable auto power off


> Guys,
> I have a D815EPEA intel based motherboard. My
> dual-boot Redhat 9.0 setup can automatically shutdown
> and power off. But freeBSD can't do that (yet).
>
> Are there any flags I need to set in rc.conf or what
> do I need to set to recompile the kernel?
> I use freeBSD 4.5.
> THanks
>
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