From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pw0-f42.google.com (mail-pw0-f42.google.com [209.85.160.42]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0333C1A13B for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:00:13 -0500 (EST) Received: by pbz3 with SMTP id 3so1606759pbz.29 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=XsZbX6PMDbhy+j/UIMDzvzmexUrM7atWSxAyLGDywRw=; b=fhm8HOTLE31HPfuMSRUTLYlrlA7AUFmZm0rU+MiPS6IaSxnBInQe+JMjZEWXvHWkI1 uaJo8Wfw8m0f05Kmph1HBYT1uMs0Trxyx7CbRzs/R0u3LPltypmpzhutI7prKDlWOjKY gUUNwXX2EQMNCHElr6kGiclcEFFTjXaNJI5Ls= Received: by 10.68.211.198 with SMTP id ne6mr12620817pbc.83.1327651214371; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (c-76-20-104-251.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [76.20.104.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i1sm17977981pbt.19.2012.01.27.00.00.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F22598C.4040703@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:12 -0800 From: Robert cole User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111229 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: help with shutting down References: <436F2B3842714403B04F044B81F3E22B@your2c061f0461> , <4F224933.8050502@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:14 -0000 That is good information, Øyvind. I am beginning to work more and more with the terminal nowadays. I have used a GUI with magnification all of my life, and I am getting more accomplished in the command line much more quickly than I ever did using a GUI, although a GUI environment does have its advantages sometimes. On 01/26/2012 11:12 PM, Øyvind Lode wrote: > Agreed! I never use shutdown -r now when I need to reboot a machine. > I provided -h and -r only to provide more info on how the shutdown command syntax works. > > Reboot is actually just invoking shutdown -r. > reboot is a symbolic link to halt and when the system is running normally (that is in runlevel 2-5) reboot will actually invoke shutdown -r and halt will invoke shutdown -h. > > ________________________________________ > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] on behalf of Robert cole [rkcole72984@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 07:50 > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: help with shutting down > > You can also use the 'reboot' command to reboot. I used to use 'shutdown > -r now', but then I got lazy. > > I just did a 'man reboot', and it looks like there is also a 'poweroff' > command. All of these have to be run with sudo. > > > On 01/26/2012 10:34 PM, Øyvind Lode wrote: >> Hi, >> >> shutdown -h now >> >> to reboot: shutdown -r now >> >> PS: you'll need to be root or a sudoer to shutdown. >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] on behalf of Glenn [GlennErvin@cableone.net] >> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 07:28 >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> Subject: help with shutting down >> >> Hi, >> I cannot get this Vinux to shut down. >> Somehow I got into the terminal, so the power button does not shut it down. >> I tried "shutdown --help" >> and I really don't understand the options given >> I try >> shutdown now >> and >> shutdown +.05 >> I either need to know how to shut down, or get back to the Gnome desktop. >> Thanks. >> >> Glenn >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup