On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 18:26 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 15:45 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
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> You know the reset button on the machine resets the entire machine, right?
>
No matter how fast or sloppy my typing, nor what editor I use, I'm very
unlikely to accidentally reach under the desk and hit the (recessed)
reset button while sitting at the keyboard, working.
On many machines now, the power switch invokes a shutdown dialog,
instead of simply powering the machine off with no warning--see the
GNOME power-management applet's dialog. On my wife's Dell Dimension, I
haven't even been able to locate a reset button--the only thing on the
front panel available to press is the power button. No reset button on
any of my laptops, either.
On all machines I know of, pressing the power button for 4 seconds
performs a hard reset.
Simo.
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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York