iB::Topic::Power down the system with the power button

	Damn Small Linux :: Damn Small Linux Board The DSL Forums

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » Other Help Topics » Power down the system with the power button

		Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
		Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic

Pages: (2) </ [1] 2 >/

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Topic: Power down the system with the power button, it's possible ?

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

salvajef

Group: Members
Posts: 2
Joined: Nov. 2006

Posted: Nov. 08 2006,09:52

I want to use my mini linux system without the keyboard and the mouse, so i need to power down it simply pressing the power button. I want also that the screen don't enter in standby mode after a few minutes. It's possible ?

skaos

Group: Members
Posts: 430
Joined: April 2004

Posted: Nov. 08 2006,12:46

I think you can use the xset command to avoid screen blanking, you could try this (not quite sure if it's correct): xset s 0

Juanito

Group: Members
Posts: 1601
Joined: Sep. 2005

Posted: Nov. 08 2006,15:32

I guess that if your PC is acpi compatible, you could load the acpi modules, load acpid and then use the acpid powerbutton event to run a script.

I don't know where it is, but you could probably call the same script that is called by right clicking on the desktop and chosing "shutdown"

salvajef

Group: Members
Posts: 2
Joined: Nov. 2006

Posted: Nov. 14 2006,19:36

My pc is acpi compatible, but i don't know how can i set these information.
At the moment i put in .xintrc file the xset 0 command ... but i think there's a more useful way to do that.

How can i disable the screensaver definitively and set the powerdown button the shootdown script ?

Juanito

Group: Members
Posts: 1601
Joined: Sep. 2005

Posted: Nov. 15 2006,05:35

I guess the first step would be to verify that your system will work with acpi.

Note that you may need to add "apm=off" and/or "acpi=force" to your syslinux.cfg file to encourage DSL to work with acpi.

Once booted, try to "modprobe" the acpi modules "thermal", "processor", "fan", "button", "battery" & "ac".

If the above works, then try "apt-get install acpid"

If all of the above works, you should be in good shape to have acpid detect a "button" event and run the powerdown script of your choice.

The /share/doc/acpid readme files or the /share/man/acpid files installed with acpid may give some explanation on how to set-up acpi events/scripts. If not, you could try a Google search on acpid and the name of your laptop - in my case this gave several links to explanations on how various people set up their system to work with acpi.

5 replies since Nov. 08 2006,09:52

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Pages: (2) </ [1] 2 >/

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » Other Help Topics » Power down the system with the power button