ACPI shutdown problem

> Now I'm having an issue with ACPI.  I used to hit the power button and
> that would initiate a proper shutdown.  Now it seems to do nothing,
> but when I reboot the system goes into a suspended state before
> completing the shutdown.  The motherboard beeps three times, the
> screen goes blank, and will complete the shutdown after I hit the any
> key.
>
> The strange thing is that in the past, a user initiated suspend while
> the system is running would never blank the screen, but this
> suspend-before-shutdown does...
>
> What do you need from me to help resolve this?

First, please don't hijack another thread.  I've started another one for
this.

sysctl hw.acpi should show you what the power button event generates.  It
should be set to S5.  What does yours say?

-Nate