power button advise

[Ryan Rix]

Hi,

DQMOT, but if your laptop has support for ACPI, then, at least, kde has the
option to configure the power button's action (I have mine set to display
the "End Current Session" dialog.)

~Ryan

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 12:58 PM, mike havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I discovered how to make it so a laptop won't power off if the power
>
> button is accidently pressed! What I do is open a text document and
>
> do something to it that will make it prompt you if you want to save it
>
> before it closes. That way if the power button is pressed it will
>
> give you the prompt and then (for my computer) I wait for a question
>
> whether I WANT to shut down everything immediately.
>
> Does anyone know how to make it so the power button will not turn off
>
> a laptop? I have a tohiba satellite m-36x . Google was of little help.
>
>
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