ctrl Alt Del

jnreddy · 07-02-2010, 02:07 PM

Dear Friends and gurus

As i read in google that if we Ctrl+Alt+Del in linux box
system get rebooted i tried in my PC its not rebooting.

even though i un commented the line in /etc/inittab

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

can any one suggest me why its not rebooting.

Thanks In Advance
JNreddy

MensaWater · 07-02-2010, 02:08 PM

Did you try "init q" after you modified inittab to make it reread it?

jnreddy · 07-03-2010, 12:12 AM

Dear MensaWater

i did # init q

but no use what may be the problem

Thanks In Advance
JNreddy

Valery Reznic · 07-03-2010, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jnreddy

Dear MensaWater

i did # init q

but no use what may be the problem

Thanks In Advance
JNreddy

You did it when you was in text mode, or in X windows ?
alt-ctrl-del works only in text mode

MensaWater · 07-06-2010, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valery Reznic

You did it when you was in text mode, or in X windows ?
alt-ctrl-del works only in text mode

Good point. If you're in the GUI you can use the menus to reboot the server.

If you want to go to a text console from the GUI typing "ctrl-alt-F1" (or F2 or F3 etc...) will take you to one of the virtual consoles and you can do the ctrl-alt-del from there.

jnreddy · 07-08-2010, 01:53 PM

Thank You MensaWater & Valery Reznic for your valuable answers
sorry for delay response i was out of station since for few days
tomorrow i will check and let you.

Thanks In Advance
JNreddy