Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-20 Thread Malcolm Fitzgerald
When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: "The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot." Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to hold the power button down for sever

Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-20 Thread Robert Huff
Malcolm Fitzgerald writes: > When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down > the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this > message: > > "The operating system has halted. > Please press any key to reboot." > > Pressing the power button fires up the syste

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: "The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot." Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to hold the p

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-20 Thread Vayu
On Monday 20 March 2006 20:04, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: > > > When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts > > down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying > > this message: > > > > "The operating system has halted. > > Please press any key to r

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Yance Kowara
- Original Message - From: "Vayu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Malcolm Fitzgerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer? > On Monday 20 March 2006 20:04, K

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down the > system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: > > "The operating system has halted. > Please press any key to reboot." > > Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to hold the power > but

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread regnans
Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: > When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down the > system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: > > "The operating system has halted. > Please press any key to reboot." > > Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to h

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Malcolm Fitzgerald
On 22/03/2006, at 3:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: "The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot." I figure you u

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Chris Hill
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Yance Kowara wrote: [snip] Yes, strangely enough shutdown -h now in FreeBSD will only halt the machine. halt -p will poweroff the box, and shutdown -p now will also power off the box. The shutdown options don't seem very strange to me: H stands for Halt, P stands for Po

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 22/03/2006, at 3:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: "The operating system has halted. Please press any k

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-22 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Chris Hill wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Yance Kowara wrote: In Linux, shutdown -h now will power off the machine. *That* makes no sense to me, and I would find it to be unexpected behavior... but I guess it's a matter of what you're used to. Where FreeBSD aims for a Principle of Least Ast

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-22 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
On Tuesday 21 March 2006 17:17, Chris Hill wrote: > On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Yance Kowara wrote: > > [snip] > > > Yes, strangely enough shutdown -h now in FreeBSD will only halt the > > machine. halt -p will poweroff the box, and shutdown -p now will also > > power off the box. > > The shutdown options