That would be awesome. :) But don't you normally hold the power button in for a few seconds (till it 'grabs') and then have to release it? I'm not sure what would happen if you held it continuously...
On Aug 29, 2012, at 6:57 PM, chris kluka <[email protected]> wrote: > This is all I can picture... > > I give you, the "Rebot". > > <image.png> > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Mark Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/29/12 15:55, Roswyne wrote: > I don't think a "physical" phone line is likely to be practical at this > point (due to the extra cost), though I'll admit it would have other > advantages. (You can't use the VOIP phone at the space to tell Colin > that internet access is out, for example.) > > But would it be possible to "relay" a signal received over the internet > connection to the RS232 port to trigger a soft shutdown remotely? > > I mentioned that as a yes, but it's not as good as what Chris suggests. > > Normally on a sever you run a login daemon on the serial (RS232) port as a > backup if regular remote access isn't up. So if you connect to that you got a > login prompt and then a command prompt and then can type "reboot" or "halt". > > But, that's a lot of user space processes that still have to be able to work > correctly. There could (in theory) be a situation where those processes don't > respond, but a userspace daemon in charge of picking up the button press is > able to respond and perform a soft shutdown. > > Having remote access to the serial port is most useful for the situation > where you've screwed up your network configuration on the server and need to > get into it another way. > > The only other way to guarantee the ability to attempt a soft reboot without > installing an embedded system inside the computer (like the card Chris > mentions) would be to contruct a robot/machine that goes up to the button and > presses it. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
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