On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Dan McDonald <danmcd at sun.com> wrote:
[...] > #1: When I say /usr/sbin/halt I do not want a complete freeze. In the > past the user got a message stating "Press any key to reboot". > Something like that would be nice. > > #2: In addition to #1 Ctrl+Alt+Del should reboot the system. ... errm, to avoid ambiguity or confusion: After having run /usr/sbin/halt I mean. After "Syncing filesystems" gets printed. I don't want it like on some LinUX distros, where Ctrl+Alt+Del gets intercepted from a running kernel which then interprets this key shortcut as a user request to issue init 6. No no, that would be another question. Certainly it wouldn't be a good idea for Solaris. Maybe what I get (Total freeze after "Syncing filesystems") it is not the intended behavior and normally the user should still get "Press any Key to reboot"?? I need to check in the src .... Ok, maybe it is not the appropriate alias to discuss detailed stuff like this (?) . > Especially on Laptops the absence of the functionality described in #1 > and #2 can be annoying, as not only there isn't a reset button, but > the user might run his Laptops as headless servers, as I do (or at > least with external LCD). So she needs to open the display in order to > press the power-button for a switch-off, which may even be quite tiny > and un-handy. All that for a simple reboot, after she tried out halt. > > I took the freedom to forward this message to list in order to "prove" > that I'm also involved in scratching some technical issues. > This shouldn't be a problem, as we weren't talking about secret topics. > > A pity I cannot implement my idea, because you at Sun have been > quicker once again ? ?;-) > > > Nasdorovje (==Cheers), > %martin >
