On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 07:51:04 +0000 Bonno Bloksma sent: > Don't shutdown with the halt(8) command, it is not supposed to power > off the machine, and the systemd maintainers consider it a bug[1] > that the sysvinit implementation does it anyway. Use the poweroff > command instead.
I found that, the system is stopped using "halt" which I have used since forever, but the machine continued to run. I have been using "shutdown now" which works as halt did before. I must try poweroff and see if that works. Thanks for the tip. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *********************************************** The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest. .........Henry David Thoreau *********************************************** Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic ----------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140808192308.02781f05@taogypsy.wildlife