From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mxsf29.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.229]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AvMtA-0000wk-00 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:41:16 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com [24.151.10.129]) by mxsf29.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1NKc5g3043381 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:38:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alex_snow@h14me.homelinux.net) Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1NKcOYE000900 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:38:24 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i1NKcOVt000899 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:38:24 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:38:24 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040223203824.GD871@gmx.net> References: <001401c3f6ee$7c87cdb0$6401a8c0@kasil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001401c3f6ee$7c87cdb0$6401a8c0@kasil> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: 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: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:41:18 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 yeah you gotta watch out how you do that. another thing to watch out when using is the rm -r command. you can really screw up a filesystem like that... On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 08:44:24AM -0500, Kyrath. (AKA Rob) wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > - -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOmS/9XVrM3ri110RAoCYAJ4ySkzmCmf1000/3R+7XLyBXpMYMQCeI4kS MddF33mSb8TQMfULoPWLmXA= =76FX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----