* Eric G. Miller (egm2@jps.net) spake thusly: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 07:26:29PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > * Mark Ferlatte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 08:05:19AM +0800, csj wrote (0.28): > > > > Anybody has the formula for using the power button to shut down the > > > > machine? > > > > > > I got this to work using the ACPI driver in 2.4, and acpid (Debian > > > package). acpid worked out of the box, once I got the apropriate acpi > > > kernel drivers loaded. > > > > Have they been PAM'ified? > > If the user presses the power button, wouldn't you rather the system > just gracefully shutdown, rather than not doing anything and the > user pulling the plug (or flipping the real power switch)?
Sure. Our SGIs do just that. You missed the X-Sarcasm header -- Mark's question can easily be misparsed in the context of this thread. Dima -- Q276304 - Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords -- RISKS 21.37
