Subject: Re: Beep on halt (definitive?)
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Humphries <chumphries@drauku.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/20/2002 18:38:01
has anyone written a patch that does this yet, as that would be
really helpful.
Takahiro Kambe writes:
> In message <20021020183004.GA1541@antioche.eu.org>
> on Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:30:05 +0200,
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> wrote:
> > > If you want to beep on halt, do it from a shutdown script in userland.
> >
> > The point is to make it been once the system is halted, not when it's
> > going to be halted.
> To give an actual example:
>
> o i386 PC
> - with AT power supply
> - without display
>
> Since AT power supply has mechanical power switch, user must switch
> off power by hand finally. In this case, beep in a shutdown script
> dose not help at all and kernel must notify user when it's OK to
> switch off.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> --
> Takahiro Kambe <taca@back-street.net>
>
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