I dont know if it helps but have you tried setting machdep.apmhalt=1? Luis.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:23 AM, netmgr7 <netm...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, my subject line should have been more specific..... > > Yes, I should have mentioned that I have tested reboot command with VMWare > and Virtualbox virtual machines and it works fine. > The problem is with my Compaq Deskpro DPENS-P350/6.4/N4. > > I have tried 'powerdown=YES' in rc.shutdown, but it made no difference. > > I did notice with 'dmesg', that there was an error on startup regarding > "........can't enable ACPI", so I tried booting a kernel file with ACPI > disabled. Still no successful reboot. > > Not sure what else to try, or even how to go about troubleshooting this > problem. > > > On 12/31/2010 1:35 AM, Indunil Jayasooriya wrote: > >> I am running both 32bit and 64 bit as virtual Servers on VirtualBOX. Pls >> see my /etc/rc.shutdown file below. it is default. >> >> I just hit *reboot* command. >> >> reboot works fine on both machines. >> >> >> >> # cat >> /etc/rc.shutdown >> >> # $OpenBSD: rc.shutdown,v 1.7 2006/06/22 00:41:59 deraadt Exp $ >> # >> # If it exists, this script is run at system-shutdown by reboot(8), >> # halt(8). If the architecture supports keyboard requested halting, >> # it is also run by init(8) when such an event happens. >> # >> >> *powerdown=NO* # set to YES for powerdown >> >> # >> # Your shell code goes here >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Markus Bergkvist< >> markus.bergkv...@telia.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 12/31/10 00:56, m c wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hello all. >>>> >>>> First time posting here, so I apologize in advance if my question >>>> doesn't >>>> belong on this list. >>>> >>>> I've been using some Compaq Deskpro DPENS Pentium II machines as OpenBSD >>>> firewalls since late 2.x to early 3.x. Recently I made the jump to 4.8 >>>> and >>>> all >>>> seems to work fine except I noticed the reboot command does not appear >>>> to >>>> work. The machine gets halted, screen blanks out, but that's as far as >>>> it >>>> goes. I re-installed 3.3 and confirmed the reboot works fine under 3.3. >>>> >>>> Any tips/hints to help troubleshoot or resolve this problem would be >>>> greatly >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> Do you have powerdown=YES in /etc/rc.shutdown? >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> >>>> MC.
