[795] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Suggestions on clean shutdown?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Haynes)
Mon Nov 7 13:34:52 1994
From: haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes)
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 10:34:27 -0800
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
We're going to try some Linux/Athena machines in public clusters, Linux
coexisting with DOS. To get from DOS to Linux they can just ctrl-alt-del
and answer something at the LILO boot: prompt. To get from Linux to DOS
I figured out how to add a box to the xlogin window that says "shut down
workstation" and calls shutdown -r when clicked on. (Is there a way to
get ctrl-alt-del to call this when X is running?) I'm finding corrupt
root file systems yet, so I'd like to put some big banner on the screen
like "Please wait for the screen to go blank before you reset or turn off
power." I guess making that the warning message passed to shutdown is
part of the job; but is there a way to get the banner to show up after
X shuts down? I was thinking of something using the dialog program
maybe, since it's colorful and easy to use. Should something go in
/etc/inittab? So far I haven't been able to get anything on the screen
after X shuts down.
