On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 21:23 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/15/2012 04:05 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 10:13 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Pushing the power button, as opposed to holding it, is an ACPI event > >> that is trapped. The action is controlled by > >> /etc/acpi/events/powerconf. That defaults to running > >> /etc/acpi/actions/power.sh. That script checks to see if a power > >> manager is running. If so, the event is passed to the power manager. > >> Is not, the system runs the shutdown command. > >> > >> Now, depending on what desktop you are running, you set what you > >> want to happen by setting the action in the power manager setup. > >> (This is under System Settings -->Power in Gnome.) > >> > >> Mikkel > > --- > > I don't disagree with what you are saying but getting used to > shuting down an operating system > > using the power button is a bad practice. For example on my machine > > holding the power button shuts down the machine while pressing the > > button puts the machine to sleep. I agree this is configurable. But > that > > is in Fedora Linux, on other systems it is treated as a system error. > > > > > Well, the difference between pushing the power button, and holding > to long enough to bypass the OS and turn the system off is rather > pronounced in most systems. But that only applies to systems that > can be powered off by using software. There are still systems around > that use a rocker or push-on/push-off switch to turn them off. > > But you do get Windows users that are also use the power button to > have the system shutdown. Exactly what a power button press does is > configurable in the power control panel on Windows as well - at > least in any version of Windows that is using ACPI. For that matter, > what happens when you close the lid on a laptop is also configurable. > > I usually have my laptop go to sleep when I close the lid. That > works best for the way I usually use the laptop. I have the power > button configured to make it hibernate. But on my desktop, I have > the power button do a shutdown. I do not use it often, but I have > managed to lock up the system a time or two when playing with new > hardware/software, and it was that, or ssh into the machine and do a > shutdown that way. (Who would have expected a specific video card > and TV tuner card to lock up the system when used together, but each > would work fine with other hardware...) > > So there is no one answer to this. That is why it is configurable, > instead of being hard-coded. I think doing a shutdown is a > reasonable default when there is no power manager software running, > and passing it on the the power manager if it is running lets each > user set their preference. > > The nice thing about Linux is that the user gets to decide how > things like this work. YMMV > > Mikkel > - -- Except in Gnome on F16 there is no gnome-power-manager. There is an rpm with that naqmwe but the rpm does not contain a program with that name. And none of the programs related to power allow you to program what happens when you press the power button. By the way gnome-power-manager when it exists does not provide you with that option. -- ======================================================================= Send your questions to ``ASK ZIPPY'', Box 40474, San Francisco, CA 94140, USA ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
