Mike Chambers wrote:
Since it worked on FC6 and not 7, this might not affect you, or at least matter. But how long do you hold the power button before deciding it won't shut off?
Holding it down for 30-90 seconds will bypass the BIOS and shut the machine down on most machines. But this does not do a proper shutdown - it is like pulling the plug.
Now this is a stupid question, but if it shuts down fine by shutdown -h, then why does it matter if hitting the button works or not? If it don't, pull the plug if it's needed that to shutdown that fast. And that is not the proper way to shut it down anyway, so not like it's important is it?
You can program the power button to do a proper system shutdown. You can also program it to suspend or hibernate the machine. It can be handy to shut down a machine when no-one is logged in.
Mikkel