Craig Boston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 January 2005 9:57 pm, Wilkinson, Alex wrote:
> > How can I confirm that ACPI has been setup to do this ?
>
> Hmm, well, the easiest thing to check is to run
>
> sysctl hw.acpi.power_button_state
>
> and see if that sysctl exists and if so, what it's set to (mine is S5, which
> IIRC is complete power-off). Also, check dmesg and see if you see a line
> similar to
>
> acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
>
> If both of those show up, chances are that your ASL has a power button entry
> and it should do the right thing. Other than that, you could always wait
> until the system is idle and just try hitting the button to see what
> happens ;)
I'd recommend to quit all applications (particularly X11),
then forcibly re-mount all filesystems to read-only (using
"mount -ufo ro ..."), then press the power button. That
way no harm will be done to the filesystems if it doesn't
work.
Best regards
Oliver
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