"Jose M. Alcaide" wrote:
>
> 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.
It doesn't work in all cases, though. It sure doesn't work on _my_
machine.
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