ChromeOS Factory Software: Inhibit Upstart Jobs =============================================== To inhibit an Upstart job (`/etc/init/*.conf`) from execution, add a file using job name and describe why we want to disable it as file content. The job will be disabled by `/usr/share/cros/factory_utils.sh`. To start these jobs, execute run_inhibited_job Examples -------- To stop `powerd`, create a file `powerd` with following contents: In factory environment, we need to disable powerd so run-in tests (and many non-interactive tests) will not fall into suspended mode. Also we need to disable powerd to access power button (and being able to close lid). To start `powerd` maually, do: run_inhibited_job powerd