ACPI: getting front-panel power button to cause shutdown

[Justin C. Sherrill]

On Sun, November 26, 2006 9:50 am, David Murray wrote:
> On 26/11/06 1:29 pm, Johannes Hofmann wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion, Johannes.  However, it was already set to S5
> (I should have said so in my original post).
>
> I'm not sure if I've missed some piece of configuration necessary to get
> the button event acted on, or if I need to turn on debugging in the ACPI
> code to work out where it's going missing.

I realize I'm asking about basic things, but it's always good to be sure:
your power button works to turn the system on, correct?  And it is wired
to the motherboard?  Are you holding down the power button for 10 seconds?