Richard Bos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Monday, March 21, 2005 at 6:14 AM +0000 wrote: >To be honest the subject has been discussed quite recently, but without a >satisfying answer; >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ltsp-discuss&m=110764280732615&w=2 > >I know that the client can just be switched off, but as ltsp is used in >education (in my case), it is not very educational ;) > >Pupils should learn that a computer is to be shutdown nicely before it is >powered down, isn't it? Other wise they are going to power down all kind >of >OSes while they are still running. > >I used the 'ltspinfo -h ws001 --shutdown' from: >http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LtspinfoTips >and this does the job quite nicely. > >Is it possible to have this shutdown command called from kdm when the >shutdown >button is selected on the client...?
I agree, but also disagree. In many cases...with newer hardware and OS's...the computer will shutdown itself after pushing the power button. On my windoze boxes (XP pro) this is what I do....why? Because it's faster. Same with my Mac's....especially my OS X laptop. In fact I have a couple machines running Ubuntu....same thing...push the power button and down she goes (slowly and gently). I think what you'll find is that as time progresses....a year or two....this will be the norm and on the whole...the "proper shutdown" thing will be a lost cause. That's my $.02. David N. Trask Technology Teacher/Coordinator Vassalboro Community School [EMAIL PROTECTED] (207)923-3100 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: 2005 Windows Mobile Application Contest Submit applications for Windows Mobile(tm)-based Pocket PCs or Smartphones for the chance to win $25,000 and application distribution. Enter today at http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6882&alloc_id=15148&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net