Shutting down system

[Gerard Seibert]

>>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:
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>>shutdown -p now
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>>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 at rcn.com
>>    
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>Did you enable apm in /etc/rc.conf?
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>What do you get when you execute the following?
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>apm -s
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>If you get a 0 (zero), then I don't think apm is enabled at bootup.  See if 
>this works:
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>apm -e 1
>shutdown -p now
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>If it worked, then apm is functioning; but you need to enable it prior to 
>shutdown.
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>Best of luck,
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>Andrew Gould
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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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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:32:02 AM

apm -s returns: can't open /dev/apm: no such file or directory
apm -e 1 returns the same error message.

kldstat returns a list of five modules, none of which is acpi.ko

I am planning on reformatting my computer and installing the latest version of BSD when the next version comes out - hopefully the stable version. I would like to find out why this is not working now though if possible.

Gerard Seibert