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> Just today a friend saw my box shutdown via the powerbutton and
> wondered if he coudln't set his up to trigger a different event
> (actually two: he wanted his sister - the guilty party - zapped, and
> a webcam shot of her face to prove it)...
That is in fact possible (given that you have the zapper) on certain
hardware with my pmpolicy patch
http://john.snoop.dk/programs/linux/offbutton
It uses APM instead of ACPI because ACPI doesn't work on my
computer. I have an updated version of the patch for 2.4.2, but I
haven't got round to uploading it.
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