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rkomar · 12-29-2015, 07:40 PM

The usual Unix programs for that (i.e. reboot, shutdown -r, telinit 6, ...) require root privileges on the ereaders, which you don't have. So, I don't think you can use those programs. There is a PowerOff() function in the Inkview API, so there is some daemon that can be poked for this. Maybe you can run strace on an app that calls PowerOff() and figure out how to do it? Anyway, it's going to take some jiggery-pokery to do it.

12-29-2015, 07:40 PM	#2
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,055 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	The usual Unix programs for that (i.e. reboot, shutdown -r, telinit 6, ...) require root privileges on the ereaders, which you don't have. So, I don't think you can use those programs. There is a PowerOff() function in the Inkview API, so there is some daemon that can be poked for this. Maybe you can run strace on an app that calls PowerOff() and figure out how to do it? Anyway, it's going to take some jiggery-pokery to do it.