Bill Hartwell writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 25 November 2001 10:27 pm, Redhat mailing list wrote: >> Hi, >> What I mean is normally shutdown, sorry i 4got to clear this. I have two >> OS running on my machine, >> one is >> windows 2000 and the other is linux. when I'm running windows and press >> my power switch, the windows OS normaly shutdowns, not just turning the >> power off. Im thinking if this could be made in linux....pressing power >> switch and sends a "shutdown -h now" like command... >> >> tnx > > That's one interesting machine you have. I know about binding ctrl-alt-del to > the shutdown command, but normally a power switch is directly linked to the > power supply, and therefore hitting that switch simply kills your power. A > machine that can be set up to do a normal shutdown by hitting the power > switch would make a LOT of people very happy. > It is a pretty standard feature of the newer ATX style machines and motherboards. With the introduction of the ATX form and associated power supplies, the power switch has not been directly connected to the power supply.
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