On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 02:59:16PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: > > > I am sorry for asking so many questions, but I am only fifteen, so I don't > > have any sort of large income to spend on books. > > No problem. That's what this list is for. > > On the other hand, a very quick ckeck of Deja or the mailing list > archives would have answered this question. > > > I was just wondering if I am logging out of X Windows correctly. When I am > > at the log-in screen, I am pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, and then > > Ctrl+Alt+Delete. This cleanly unmounts everything, but I was wondering if > > their was an easier way. > > Yes. But it depends on what you're running (in terms of window > manager/environments). This always works: at an xterm prompt (or > equivalent) su to root and type > > reboot > > or perhaps > > halt > > depending on what you're doing. If you use gdm, in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf you'd find SystemMenu entry; set it to 1 (SystemMenu=1), and you'd have a System menu on the gdm login panel. With the menu, you can reboot and shutdown the system right from the login panel. Oki