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Old 23rd July 2024
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Default Can't power off on ThinkPad T400

I'm running OpenBSD 7.5-current amd64 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T400.

When I try to shut down - either using "doas halt -p" or "doas shutdown -p now" - it terminates cwm, stops the daemons, and syncs the disks (as expected). However, the system does not actually power off: rather, the screen stays on (reading "syncing disks... done") and I have to manually shut down from here by holding the power button.

I tried some steps from a few old guides, but they were all obsolete. For example, "hw.allowpowerdown=1" did not need to be set in /etc/sysctl.conf.

It's worth noting that this does not happen with reboot(8), and I am currently using this in place of shutdown(8) or halt(8).

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Hello, and welcome!


I don't have a fix, just a recommendation. It looks like Lenovo had a BIOS update in 2012 and again in 2015, and I can see from the dmesg(8) in your first post that your system's BIOS is from 2009. Consider updating your BIOS, as there's a chance that might resolve the issue.
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That is weird, but is apmd(8) active ? If so, I doubt I can help further
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