From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 69-144-146-8.client.bresnan.net ([69.144.146.8] helo=Bear.bresnan.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AtqEC-0001QJ-00 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:36:40 -0500 Received: from scott (helo=localhost) by Bear.bresnan.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AtqDf-00028s-00 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:36:07 -0700 Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:36:06 -0700 (MST) From: Scott Berry X-X-Sender: scott@Bear.bresnan.net To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <001401c3f6ee$7c87cdb0$6401a8c0@kasil> Message-ID: References: <001401c3f6ee$7c87cdb0$6401a8c0@kasil> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:36:40 -0000 Hi Rob, I use the Debian flavor and according to what I have heard. We can use the shutdown -h or shutdown -r or in Debian the control-alt-delete all do close to the same thing. The shutdown -r and ctrl+alt+del actually reboots the system whereas shutdown -h actuallly halts the system to a complete stop. On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, 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 >