From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lakemtao02.cox.net ([68.1.17.243]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AtoU6-000069-00 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:44:58 -0500 Received: from kasil ([68.109.31.204]) by lakemtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with SMTP id <20040219134427.CGMY7164.lakemtao02.cox.net@kasil> for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:44:27 -0500 Message-ID: <001401c3f6ee$7c87cdb0$6401a8c0@kasil> From: "Kyrath. \(AKA Rob\)" To: "Speakup" Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:44:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.4 Subject: shutting down X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:44:59 -0000 Hi all, I just found out, the hard way, that there is a very distinct method of = shutting down linux. You'd figure that the importance of doing it = correctly would be emphasized almost immediately after istallation. Oh = well... I ended up doing a complete reinstall. I don't know if that was = necessary, but when I started the pc, speakup would start and linux = seemed to go through the equivalent of a scan disk. I noticed that at = some point, the numpad keys lost control of speakup. Although speakup = kept going until the login prompt, it apparently was just reading off = its buffer because speakup was completely unresponsive. Was there something I could have done other than a complete reinstall? Also, the slackware book listed a few ways to shutdown the system. They = were: shutdown -h now halt telinit 0 I'm just wondering if the other flavors of linux use these same commands = for shutting down? -- Rob