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Old 27th December 2012
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Mako_Elite, the zzz command is a variant of the apm(8) command. Their shared man page says:
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DESCRIPTION
     apm communicates with the Advanced Power Management daemon, apmd(8),
     making requests of it for current power status or to place the system
     into a suspend or stand-by state.
So as Shep recommends, be sure the apmd program is started. You can start it manually, as well as with rc.d(8).

FYI - the apmd program communicates with ACPI or APM hardware via drivers. Your computer has ACPI. If the computer has both, the kernel makes a heuristic decision which to use at boot time.
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