> > When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down the > system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: > > "The operating system has halted. > Please press any key to reboot." > > Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to hold the power > button down for several seconds to get a forced power-off or pull the > plug. > > How do I setup BSD so that the command at the login panel turns the > machine off?
Sounds like one (or both) of two things. One (most likely) you are using the wrong command to shut the machine down. shutdown -h [now] tells it to shut down the system and leave it on but in a 'halted' state, just as you are seeing. You need to use: shutdown -p [now] to get it to power down after it finishes shutting down. The other possibility is that your BIOS is either not set to accept a power down signal or there is some incompatibility with it and what FreeBSD sends it. If just switching to '-p' above doesn't do the trick, go in to the BIOS and look for where it turns the software power down feature on and off and make sure it is on. ////jerry > > Malcolm > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"