[ILUG] ATX power switch

Dave Airlie airlied at csn.ul.ie
Mon Nov 19 11:23:37 GMT 2001


do you want it not to shut down or to recognise the button..

try getting a 2.4 kernel switching on ACPI and running acpid ..

I've this going on my desktop .. if I slap the powerbutton the machine
gracefully shuts down.. wicked it is ..

Dave.

On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Frank Duignan wrote:

> The problem: I press the power switch and Linux (Mandrake 8.0) shuts down
> instantly without unmounting the disks (Win2k on same machine does a
> graceful shutdown).
> Any solutions? (apart from not pressing the button)
> ===================
> Frank.Duignan at dit.ie
> Tel: +353 1 402 4724
>
>
>

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