Re: Let init know user wants to shutdown

[John Fremlin]

 John R Lenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[...]

> Just today a friend saw my box shutdown via the powerbutton and
> wondered if he coudln't set his up to trigger a different event
> (actually two: he wanted his sister - the guilty party - zapped, and
> a webcam shot of her face to prove it)...

That is in fact possible (given that you have the zapper) on certain
hardware with my pmpolicy patch

        http://john.snoop.dk/programs/linux/offbutton

It uses APM instead of ACPI because ACPI doesn't work on my
computer. I have an updated version of the patch for 2.4.2, but I
haven't got round to uploading it.

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