On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 22:25, Matt wrote: > As for your freezing problem, if you're running ext2 or some other > filesystem that gets damaged (sometimes) when you don't shutdown, try > installing ACPI for your system power button. This way, if X freezes > you can press the power button and your system will halt as usual, no > CTRL-ALT-BS needed to save your system. (There's a Magic SysRq way to do > this too.. but I forget.)
Just tried that on my box (I've a similar problem when using Xinerama - gdm crashes when I log out, leaving me in the same situation as Paul. Haven't tried ssh but I can't easily use it to_ this machine). Using the example from the acpi man page, I've got the system shutting down when I hit the power button...only it's a bit overenthusiastic and just switches off the power! It does this regardless of what I put in /etc/acpi/events/default. Before installing acpid pressing the power button briefly didn't do anything, so it's picking up the event. What do I need to get it to switch runlevel and shutdown cleanly? I've had a trawl around the web, but documentation seems a little thin on the ground. -- Geoff Beaumont [EMAIL PROTECTED]
