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Re: [MiNT] key binding.



> > I was rather skeptic when I read Guido's messages about SIGPWR and
> > powerd/initd but now I see it in a different light. 
> 
> An uninterruptible power supply _is_ usefull, but does the
> shutdown really need to be requested using SIGPWR?

I personally don't care about which signal will be used for shutdown.

More interesting question is what the operating system should do when the
power is going down. It must not reboot, naturally. So some sort of
defined lock up? Something like "you can safely turn off windows now" ?
:-)))

Petr