Well, there's a shutdown button on the login panel which will close things
down in an orderly manner, and there's the shutdown command.
'man shutdown' for all of the gory details.
Steve Flynn
IBM MVS Operations Analyst
"Bryan Foster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 25/02/2000 20:44:27
Please
I use 'reboot'
Bryan
"Bryan Foster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/25/2000 03:44:27 PM
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Subject: [newbie] Here is the dumbest question ever asked!
I can call this
Thanks for info all... The problem was I didn't have an option to shutdown
or restart after logging out of X.. it just took me to a screen with only
the option of logging back in.
I reinstalled everything.. actually I didn't like the way I did the
original partition so that was the reason for
Hi there,
try shutdown -now or halt.
Greetings
Michael
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shutdown -r now
will reboot your system right away, or
shutdown -h now
will just shutdown your computer to turn it off.
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From: Bryan Foster [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 5:14 PM
To: Newbie Linux
Subject: [newbie] Here is the
Bryan Foster wrote:
I can call this the dumbest question ever because it is and it's mine.
What command do you use to logoff and shutdown the system? I have it set to
load X at startup and I can choose logoff, but that just puts me at the X
login screen again. I have just been hitting the
Hi Bryan ;
Use your last eterm/kterm etc and type shutdown -h now . It will bring the
system to a hold and if you have a atx board shutdown the mashine immediately.
Check man shutdown for more info
Ingo
-Original Message-
From: Bryan Foster [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Bryan Foster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can call this the dumbest question ever because it is and it's mine.
What command do you use to logoff and shutdown the system? I have it set to
load X at startup and I can choose logoff, but that just puts me at the X
login screen again. I have
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
Bryan Foster wrote:
I can call this the dumbest question ever because it is and it's mine.
What command do you use to logoff and shutdown the system? I have it set to
load X at startup and I can choose logoff, but that just puts me at the X
login screen
What command do you use to logoff and shutdown the system?
I use "reboot" which I understand is an alias for a more involved
command.
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Lane
Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Getting where I want to go with Linux...
If you have a graphical login, select the shutdown tab and select shut down,
or shut down and reboot. If you are user (not sure, but I think only root
can do this) I just type "shutdown now", or "reboot".
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From: Bryan Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Newbie Linux [EMAIL
Bryan, it's supposed to take you back to the log in screen - from there you
are given several choices: to shut the system down; to restart X; or the
reboot the system. Click on the shutdown button and you should see these
choices. This is similar to the logging off dialog box you get in MS
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