Emergency exit from X to tty1

[Brandon Sandrowicz]

On 12/20/07, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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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It's been a long while since I've been buying computer parts, and at
the time that I was, not all power supplies had a power switch on the
back.  Things may have changed.


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