I will verify on my BBB.

What is the expected difference between a momentary button press and an 
8-second press?


On Friday, June 13, 2014 6:11:03 PM UTC-7, ags wrote:
>
> I've read what documentation I could find about powering down the BBB. 
> Clearly shutdown -now in a ssh session is safe. Clearly pulling the power 
> is not.
>
> Pushing the power button momentarily does nothing. Documentation says that 
> "software is needed to sense and respond" to this action. I presume this 
> means that said software is not part of the Angstrom distribution that 
> shipped (before the switch to Debian). Pushing and holding the power button 
> does cause a power down.
>
> Question1: Is push-and hold of the power button a safe shutdown method, or 
> is it similar to just pulling the plug?
> Question2: If push-and-hold is not safe, has anyone (and distro) developed 
> the software necessary to sense a button push and initiate a safe power 
> down?
>

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