Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS: initiate shutdown by pressing POWER button ?

[Marius Gedminas]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 01:08:40PM +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu Server 64 on an HP Proliant Microserver. It's a
> "headless" install, which means there's no screen or keyboard
> attached to the server. In the morning I just switch the Power
> button on, wait 30 seconds, then switch on all the desktop clients.
> And in the evening I connect to it via ssh and then:
> 
> # shutdown -h now
> 
> Before the Ubuntu Server 64 install, the server ran Slackware64
> 13.37, and a nice feature was that automatic Power Down worked out
> of the box. When the server was switched on, I just had to shortly
> push the Power switch, and then the system would shutdown by itself.
> Thus, no hassle connecting via SSH and invoking 'shutdown -h now'.
> Simply press the single button to stop it.
> 
> Any idea how I can have it working like this with Ubuntu Server ?

IIRC all you need to to is sudo apt-get install acpid.  Then acpid will
start paying attention to Power button events and shut down your server
when you press the power button.

Marius Gedminas
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