begin Net Llama!'s quote: | Indeed. I think this *might* be possible on some sets of hardware | where the power button isn't a mechanical button, but a electronic | button, that gets its input trappedc by some kind of intelligenc3 | before the actual command to terminate power reaches the power | supply. THis is definitely not a universale thing though.
this *might* require some sort of thing at the bios level; certainly such trapping exists, as witness the multitude of notebook machines that can be set either to "suspend" or to "hibernate" as responses to the switch (which can create so much trouble that unless it's set up *perfectly* it will take hours to use that switch to get a usable computer back). that having been said, these new case switches which are not real switches but switches only when some other set of circumstances is met are for the birds most times. there are occasions when you want literally to dive for the power switch, and on these it doesn't matter, because unless certain criteria are met they won't work. i've on several occasions had to yank the power cord or in the case of a notebook pull the power cord and the battery. power switches might want to be physically protected, so they are not accidentally toggled; there might be reason for one of the electronic if statement switches, too, but there ought to be a big mechanical switch, preferably with a little circuitry to keep it from frying anything, that instantly and unquestionably kills the power. -- dep http://www.linuxandmain.com -- outside the box, barely within the envelope, and no animated paperclip anywhere. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
