On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:58:17AM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Like I asked on icb, why do we need a knob for this at all?
I don't need one yet, but someday when hybernate works I would like to
sysctl hw.powerbuttonaction=hybernate
In preparation for that, I don't see a reason not to support a
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> The diff below
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> I have only tested this on amd64 and sparc64.
Has anybody compiled this on landisk, sgi, zaurus?
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:14:02 +0200
gilbert.fernan...@orange.fr wrote:
> They had to put pieces of paper in front of the power buttons
> because when you move a machine sometimes your finger presses
> the power button.
A matchbox with a hole in it acts like a reset button protection.
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:38:33AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> whether or not the power button is disabled, there are plenty of things
> which can go wrong with such a move. do it the right way, especially for
> a server relied on by 100+ users...
True :-)
Well I guess that's a mistake I wo
On 2011/06/11 21:06, gilbert.fernan...@orange.fr wrote:
>We have to add one, so move the others
> on one side, and by moving one we accidentally pressed a
> power button and the machine did shut down... Without
> almost a hundred machines depending on it and people working
> on
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:01:20PM +0200, Marc Espie wrote:
> One knob for the dwarfen guys that work in the IT mines, to bind the machines
> and rule them all.
And under the Linux kernel undefined constants, bind them !
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 09:06:05PM +0200, gilbert.fernan...@orange.fr wrote:
> One knob to be able to turn it on so when you're working
> on a machine, and console dies, to be able to shutdown
> properly and avoid a fsck.
One knob for the dwarfen guys that work in the IT mines, to bind the machine
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 03:00:10PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> That leaves "avoid shutdown by accidentally brushing against the
> button", but that isn't an issue in practice.
A lot of people are using PCs as servers instead of real servers
(with two power supplies and all the bell and w
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:58:17AM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Like I asked on icb, why do we need a knob for this at all?
One knob to turn it off so when you have installed servers
in a room, to avoid seeing one shutdown because you pressed
the power button when moving one. To give you an exa
Peter Hessler wrote:
> :> Like I asked on icb, why do we need a knob for this at all?
>
> I have used this feature on a regular basis. Very useful when you want
> to politely power off a system, but you don't have/don't want a login.
You misunderstand. The question is, why do we need a knob t
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Amit Kulkarni wrote:
>> I have used this feature on a regular basis. Very useful when you want
>> to politely power off a system, but you don't have/don't want a login.
>
> +1
>
> especially when i am trying off and on to make my xorg.conf work in
> dual monitor
> I have used this feature on a regular basis. Very useful when you want
> to politely power off a system, but you don't have/don't want a login.
+1
especially when i am trying off and on to make my xorg.conf work in
dual monitor setup for months, and it hangs. And pressing the power
button for
On 2011 Jun 11 (Sat) at 15:00:10 + (+), Christian Weisgerber wrote:
:Mark Kettenis wrote:
:
:> Like I asked on icb, why do we need a knob for this at all?
:
:I don't need one. I'd be just as happy to simply rip out
:machdep.kbdreset where it's currently abused for that purpose.
:
:* If yo
Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Like I asked on icb, why do we need a knob for this at all?
I don't need one. I'd be just as happy to simply rip out
machdep.kbdreset where it's currently abused for that purpose.
* If you press one of these soft power buttons a little bit longer,
they typically shut o
Like I asked on icb, why do we need a knob for this at all?
The machdep.kbdreset sysctl currently serves two functions: On amd64
and i386 it enables a shutdown by Ctrl-Alt-Del. On various other
archs, it enables a shutdown by pressing the soft power button.
There is currently no way to disable a shutdown by ACPI power button
on amd64 and i386.
The diff be
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