In some email I received from eeh@netbsd.org, sie wrote:
> 
> 	It's more like:
> 
> 	1) Kernel input device driver notices a Magic Button was pressed.
> 	2) Kernel tells init about the Magic Button.
> 
> I don't think it's a good idea to add this mess to init.
> Those magic buttons are console resources and should be handled
> by whatever or whoever is controlling the console.

That is not how I want it to be, all the time.
My HPD390 has a soft power switch on the front which initiates a
shutdown.  i don't need to be logged in or anything.  It's really
good like that.

What if X is frozen or whatever has the console is frozen ?

Darren