Re: Linux shutdown

1998-11-25 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "TY" == Tun Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: TY> I was wondering if there was a way for linux to make use of the TY> ATX soft power switch... Recompile the kernel (with kernel-package) and enable the APM features. shutdown -h now will then turn the computer off. Ciao, Martin

Re: Linux shutdown

1998-11-25 Thread Daniel Martin
Tun Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello ... > I was wondering if there was a way for linux to make use of the ATX soft > power switch... > For example, shutdown ... totally, power and all just like win9x. > or, suspend to disk by pressing the momentary button? Recompile your own kernel (ins

Re: Linux shutdown

1998-11-25 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Tun Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Hello ... | I was wondering if there was a way for linux to make use of the ATX soft | power switch... | For example, shutdown ... totally, power and all just like win9x. | or, suspend to disk by pressing the momentary button? Yes, but you need to compile a

Re: linux shutdown

1998-05-01 Thread Stephen Carpenter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Thats not exactly true (as I pointed out earlier but I might have accidently not sent my response ot the list) actually sync;sync;halt would work fine...under ideal conditions :) but...under debian linux (and redhat) it will work fine in fatcyou can just for

Re: linux shutdown

1998-04-30 Thread Stephen Carpenter
HAHA go ahead and use his system tho ;) sync;sync;halt is the same as sync;sync;shutdown -h now on most systems now (at least on both RedHat and Debian it is) Halt checks the current runlevel..and if the runlevel is not 0 then it executes shutdown -h now on its own...this is a saftey catch The OLD

Re: linux shutdown

1998-04-30 Thread Joey Hess
Arunas Norvaisa wrote: > Have RTFMing and am using 'shutdown -r now' to restart my system. > BUT our system (Netware/Unix) admin (really old and experienced > 'wolf') have told me that he's using 'sync;sync;halt' and have tried > to persuade me to use 'his' command. That method is pretty dumb for

Re: linux shutdown

1998-04-30 Thread Lorens Kockum
In debian.user was writ: > > And - what are dangers of so-called 'three-finger salute' which is >described as The Very Bad Thing (tm) and absolute no-no? It is? Hasn't been so for a *very* long time! /etc/inittab: # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t20