Re: [whine] "Power down." vs "System halted."

[servis@purdue.edu]

*- On  3 Feb, Navindra Umanee wrote about "[whine] "Power down." vs "System halted.""
> Montreal Wed Feb  3 15:37:50 1999
> 
> My bo system used to say "System halted." everytime I halted the
> system but since I upgraded to hamm it sez "Power down.".  Where has
> this changed?  I grepped for "Power" in /etc/init.d/* and /etc/*/* but
> couldn't find where to configure this.
> 
> Please enlighten and Cc: the luser.
> 
> Thanks,
> Navin.
> 
> 

I just did a little digging and found that the message is defined in the
linux source in .../linux/kernel/sys.c.  The message is dependent on
how the system is going down.  Somehow your system is triggering a
POWER_OFF rather than a HALT.  Perhaps someone with more knowledge of
how init triggers the kernel will provide more input.
 
-- 
Brian 
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