Re: F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

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On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On many machines now, the power switch invokes a shutdown dialog,
> instead of simply powering the machine off with no warning--see the
> GNOME power-management applet's dialog.  On my wife's Dell Dimension, I
> haven't even been able to locate a reset button--the only thing on the
> front panel available to press is the power button.  No reset button on
> any of my laptops, either.
>
But you can normally do a hard power-off by keeping the power button
pressed for 4 seconds; this cuts off power rather than generating an
ACPI event.


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