Try this command from terminal: shutdown -g0 -y
That is -g(zero)
On Tue, 21 November 2000, "speed of light" wrote:
>
> Hi:
> I am having a shut down issue with my machine running Mandrake 7.2. This
> is what is happening. After I hit the shut down button, Mandrake begins
> a shut down sequence. And the machine actually beeps stating that it's
> shutting down but immediately after it shuts down, it auto reboots itself.
> This goes on and on. Basically, I cannot shut it down. In order to do
> so, I've been having to resort to shutting the box down physically. This
> is not good. I've even tried using a term command of init 0 to shut down
> but the box keeps doing the auto reboot thing.
>
> Can someone please help me solve this problem? I'm a Linux/Mandrake newbie.
> The box on which Mandrake is running on is an E-machines box (X86). Mandrake
> is the only OS on it. I have no strange apps running on the box but pure
> Mandrake. The only thing I've done is get the box online (aDSL).
>
> Please help me! Thanks!
>
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