Re: initscripts
Not exactly elegant, but it should get the job done. By which I mean
that I haven't tested it, but it looks convincing:
#!/bin/sh
MODPROBE=/sbin/modprobe
case "$1" in
stop)
echo "Powering Down...";
$MODPROBE apm power_off=1;
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/powerdown stop"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
Just throw it into /etc/init.d/powerdown and symlink it appropriately.
~Tom White
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote:
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:38:14 +0200
> From: Peter Hugosson-Miller <pehu@im.se>
> To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: initscripts
> Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 03:38:32 -0500 (CDT)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Still no responses to my apm question (
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200307/msg03355.html
> ), so I've started investigating a bit, to see if I can figure this out
> for myself.
>
> I have found the following page that describes, amoung other things, the
> initscripts that are run when changing runlevels:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html and I think I am
> in the right area. Trouble is, this seems to be more aimed at package
> maintainers, so that packages that add initscripts do so in "the right
> way" for debian.
>
> Still, what I have come up with is the following:
>
> 1) I need to write a script that when it receives the argument "stop"
> will do a "modprobe apm power_off=1".
> 2) The script needs to live in /etc/rc0.d, or somewhere else but be
> symlinked there.
> 3) The script needs to be called Sxxloadapm, where xx is a suitably high
> number so that gdm has already been stopped (I chose this, as in rc0.d,
> "S" scripts are still run after "K" ones, but with the parameter "stop",
> so it seems safer).
>
> I'm afraid that's as good as I can do by myself, so would anyone be so
> kind as to do the final polishing for me (that includes suggestions as
> to the script itself - I've never written one of these before, and I
> find the existing ones hard to follow).
>
> I would also like to make sure that this is done in the nicest way, i.e.
> not too hacky. The whole thing is a bit of a hack, I know, but I can't
> see any other way to make this work.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
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