Power Switch

[Michael Shiloh]

I used cardboard and duct tape when my daughter was 3. now that she's
almost 5 i've taught her never to shut of any of my computers. 

of course, i'll have to face this problem again when she becomes
a rebelious teenager, so maybe i'd better pay attention to any
answers you get.....

>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.