On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 11:56 -0400, Michel Salim wrote:
> 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.
Yes, but by accident? Four seconds is a long time to have to consider
lifting your finger off the button before something happens that can't
be stopped/reversed.
>
>
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
--
fedora-devel-list mailing list
fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
