[mythtv-users] Power off

[Mikael Magnusson]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 05:42:35PM -0500, James S. White wrote:
> > I would like a button on the front of the box that when hit it does a
> > nice clean shutdown
> 
> You would need to use a bit-banging serial/parallel driver and a momentary
> pushbutton switch. Using the remote is easier.
> 
If ACPI is supported by the motherboard and the kernel, it is possible 
for a user-space daemon to read the power button. One such daemon is 
acpid, which runs a configurable script when the user pushes the button. 
See http://acpid.sourceforge.net

/Mikael