> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Charles Howse wrote: > > > OK, I just checked the BIOS, and it does have Power > Management support, > > and when I boot, I also see 'ACPI function enable' in the > post msgs. I > > realize that ACPI is not supported in FBSD < 5.x. I'm > running 4.8-p4. > > > > I've never used Power Management on any of my computers, so > this is new > > territory for me. > > I would assume that I need to set Power Management to > 'enabled' in BIOS, > > or no? > > No. At least not on the machines I've set up lately. You > need 'device > apm' (the hints have never been needed on my machines) and > 'apm_enable="YES"', but that's it.
I've recompiled with the proper lines in my kernel config and rc.conf, and when I boot, I see: apm: protected mode connections are not supported And shutdown -p now does not power off the machine. Should I assume that the BIOS does not support soft power off? _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
