Re: [K12OSN] Power Off / Dell Optiplex

[<jam McQuil com>]

Hey,  Just turn that workstation into an LTSP
workstation.  Then it won't matter if they turn it off.

Jim McQuillan
jam Ltsp org


On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Eric Harrison wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Jon Harder wrote:
> 
> >I have a lab with dual boot ( RedHat 7.1 / W98 ) Dell Optiplex
> >GX150s.  I have a problem with kids pressing the power button
> >and causing Linux to shutdown ungracefully.
> >
> >Is there a way for APM or something similar to intercept the
> >power button activity and ignore it or do something better
> >than an immediate poweroff?
> 
> On my laptop this is a bios setting. It is likely to be the same on
> a desktop (but I'm a server guy, I configure things to ALWAYS be on ;-).
> 
> Worse case, upgrade to Red Hat 7.2. RH72 defaults to ext3, which
> greatly reduces the amount of time it takes to reboot after an
> unclean shutdown.
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 
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