Power Switch

[Kevin Bingham]

Well, there's always the solution of disconnecting the softpower switch...

-Kevin

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Walter Coole wrote:
> Does anyone know how to tell Linux to use the soft power switch on my
> newish Compaq?
> 
> What I want is: when my three-year-old pushes the switch, it does a
> clean shutdown.  Windows (bleah) knows how to do this, so the hardware
> is there.  My old HP-UX system could handle this, but I don't know if
> Linux knows this trick.
> 
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