Tim - I have an Inspiron 7000 which had this feature, it was a BIOS fix. This issue is buried in their web site - you can find model specific info w/ your system service tag.
Andy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 6/8/01, 4:20:38 AM, Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: power button dell inspiron 4000: > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Eric Richardson wrote: > > Tim Connors wrote: > > > > > > One annoying um, feature, of the dell laptop, is the ability to shut down > > > immediately upon pressing the power button. I have not found anything on > > > the web to disable the power button (seems there are lots of references to > > > toshiba laptops though), has anyone else found anything useful? > > > > > > Unfortuneatly, there is nothing in the bios that says "power > > > switch==off/suspend" - is there a newer bios that fixes this? > > > > > If dmesg pumps out something like this, then APM is enabled in the > > kernel. > > apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.13) > > > > Edit /etc/lilo.conf > > image=/vmlinuz > > label=Linux > > read-only > > append="apm=on" > > # restricted > > # alias=1 > > > > Add the append line. Then when you halt, APM will shutoff the machine. > Sorry, that is not my problem... That works fine. > My problem is that the power button turns off the machine without so much > as questioning the kernel - no halt scripts, nuttin. > My desktop has the bios option of letting the power off button being > redefined to suspend the machine - can I do this with the Dell? > The button is in a bad place, and I keep hitting it. > -- > TimC > http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~tcon/ > Experiments must be reproducible; they should all fail in the same way. > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
