The first thing I would do is look at the BIOS and check whether it
still works with an Ubuntu LiveCD. Only then would I start looking at
what OpenBSD is doing, starting with a look at dmesg.

2008/8/24 Ajitabh Pandey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Dell Pentium III 1GHz/512MB running OpenBSD 4.3. I am running
> the generic kernel. When I press the power button on the front the
> machine just switches off.
>
> I wanted if the power button is pressed then the shutdown is started
> followed by poweroff (shutdown -hp now).
>
> This machine was running Ubuntu sometime back and If I remember
> correct this used to happen.
>
> Any pointers, please?
>
> Regards.
> --
> Ajitabh Pandey
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