Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:21:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:21:46 -0400 Received: from odin.sinectis.com.ar ([216.244.192.158]:51717 "EHLO mail.sinectis.com.ar") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:21:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 01:23:54 -0300 From: John R Lenton To: kernel list Subject: Re: Let init know user wants to shutdown Message-ID: <20010411012354.E4214@grulic.org.ar> Mail-Followup-To: kernel list In-Reply-To: <4148FEAAD879D311AC5700A0C969E8905DE817@orsmsx35.jf.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <4148FEAAD879D311AC5700A0C969E8905DE817@orsmsx35.jf.intel.com>; from andrew.grover@intel.com on Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:05:13AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:05:13AM -0700, Grover, Andrew wrote: > This is not correct, because we want the power button to be configurable. > The user should be able to redefine the power button's action, perhaps to > only sleep the system. We currently surface button events to acpid, which > then can do the right thing, including a shutdown -h now (which I assume > notifies init). Just today a friend saw my box shutdown via the powerbutton and wondered if he coudln't set his up to trigger a different event (actually two: he wanted his sister - the guilty party - zapped, and a webcam shot of her face to prove it)... -- John Lenton (john@grulic.org.ar) -- Random fortune: ?Como meter?n los cacahuetes dentro de la c?scara? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/