"Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx> wrote: > Still, how do modules know that the system is shutting down? > This was actually the source of my problem. PPP is a module in BONE > (and > will be a module in OBOS, too). The PPP module must disconnect before > the > system is shut down. > I could write some application for that task and execute it in the > shutdown > script, but when we go embedded (OBIA ;) it will be better to have > this in > the kernel itself. And it is better not to rely upon scripts for jobs > that > could be done automatically. This would be the next step to a > terrible > Linux-I-script-everything-please-edit-me-with-a-text-editor-super- > duper-comp > licated-world! ;) This will be taken care of for OpenBeOS :-) Anyway, my current solution under BONE is to use a "UserShutdownScript" script in ~/config/boot and hang up the connection there. Adios... Axel.