On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:27:48 +0100, n952162 wrote: > There's a million ways a system can hang. Acpi is a mechanism for > shipping kernel events to user space. If user space isn't working, acpi > won't work. I think.
But if it's just X that is locked, then ACPI could be used to rescue the system in a less aggressive way than Magic SysReq. > On 11/17/19 09:44, Dale wrote: > > n952162 wrote: > >> > >> okay, I've got ... > >> > >> acpid is, by default, not in the default openrc run list [:blush:] > >> > >> Solution: > >> > >> sudo rc-update add acpid > >> > >> > >> On 11/13/19 07:48, n952162 wrote: > >>> > >>> I've reinstalled gentoo from the gentoo repository and now my power > >>> button doesn't do a shutdown anymore. What do I have to do to have > >>> it issue a shutdown? This is an openrc system. > >>> > >>> I have this, but it doesn't work: > >>> > >>> $ cat /etc/acpi/events/powerbtn > >>> event=button[ /]power.* > >>> action=/sbin/poweroff > >>> > >>> On a different gentoo system I have, I have just the one line, the > >>> action line, in that file and the power-button works fine (whether > >>> there's causation there or not, I have no idea :-) ) > >>> > >>> I generally do /not/ press the power button while in my window > >>> manager, but first when I've logged off. Since that wasn't working, > >>> I tried inside my window manager ... I got a just a couple of lines > >>> that looked like they came from shutdown(), but too few (couldn't > >>> read them). > >>> > >>> Then, on startup, the filesystems needed fscking!!! > >>> > >> > > > > > > I have a related question. If for some reason my system is locked up, > > keyboard isn't working or something like that. If I have acpi in > > working order, would hitting the power button be seen or would that be > > the same as the keyboard and not be recognized? Anyone have > > experience on this or read about someone who has ran into this? > > > > Just curious but if the answer is yes, I may work on setting this up > > and working. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Dale > > > > :-) :-) > -- Neil Bothwick Windows Error #56: Operator fell asleep while waiting.
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