From: Alon Weinstein (alon_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Tue 20 Jan 2004 - 16:37:07 IST
Erez Doron wrote:
> hi
>
> i'm looking for a way to shutdown linux via the power button.
> if i press it while it is running windows, it shuts down all apps, then
> turns of
> if i press it while running linux, it will turn of immidiatly.
>
> i want it to shut down as if i press 'ctrl-alt-del' in a VT (but i do
> not have a keyboard at all)
>
>
> any idea ?
>
look into acpid -- http://acpid.sourceforge.net/ -- it's supposed to
capture ACPI events (like "power button was pressed") and let you
configure what happens for each event.
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