q about init and power states

[Nathan Myers]

Aaron aaronv@debian.org wrote
> I was browsing inittab(5), and I have a question. Does inittab itself
> handle APM, or are these /.*power.*/ directives only for some external
> UPS protocol only?

The power stuff in inittab is for UPS things.  APM is separate,
handled by /etc/init.d/apmd and /etc/apm/*.d.  Strictly speaking,
APM activities have little to do with power (in the UPS "impending 
outage" sense) and much to do with suspending and resuming.

As a result, the startup/shutdown cycle is of little interest for APM.

Nathan Myers
ncm@cantrip.org