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Re: [LUG] OT: Raspberry Pi, wireless keyboard, WiFi dongle

 

On Sat, 4 Jan 2014, Julian Hall wrote:

I also didn't like the Pi simply having the plug pulled - although I do it a lot myself with minimal side-effects, it's best to be expecting it!

Fair enough.. I'm going to experiment with the Custom Shutdown Timer which should shut it down cleanly..

Stick a button between the first I2C pin and ground, install wiringPi (http://wiringpi.com/) and run this bash script:

  #!/bin/bash
  gpio wfi 8 falling
  sudo halt

and that's all you need. Push the button and it'll shut down - actually, shutdown to standby mode.. You can then remove power, or ... push the button again, and it'll reboot. (The GPU idles, looking at the I2C pins and if one is pulled to ground, it reboots the ARM)

Gordon

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