Emergency exit from X to tty1

[Evan Leibovitch]

Brandon Sandrowicz wrote:
> Holding the power button for 4 seconds is a hardware thing not a
> software thing as far as I know.  Pushing the powerbutton sends a
> signal for the software  to interpret.  Holding the powerbutton for 4
> seconds is a hardware failsafe.  In my experience that hold true on
> lots of devices, even inventory scanners (though they were running
> Windows CE or Windows Mobile or something).
>   
I believe that many current systems still have a "hardware" on/off
switch, but it's on the power supply at the back of the PC.

- Evan

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