The obvious problem with is that we don't actually know that the machine is not going to halt until the machine fails to halt - by which time, we've already effectively exited the kernel.
We could prepare in advance, by changing the video mode to text, writing a message on screen, then attempting to power off - but that would massively disadvantage the majority of people whose machines _do_ support ACPI. ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- Write "Now you can turn off your computer" if hardware does not support apm or acpi https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158310 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
