[ubuntu-uk] Can I disable the power button?

[Chris Jones]

Hi

Stuart.Houghton at amnesty.org.uk wrote:
> I have googled around the problem, but everything I have found seems to 
> relate to laptops.  Does a desktop system use ACPI as well?

if the hardware supports it, yes.

You could always just unplug the power button from the motherboard and
set the bios to switch on automatically when it gets AC power.

Cheers,
-- 
Chris Jones
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