shutdown command

nelly_boy · 07-31-2003, 04:21 PM

Hi

Can anyone tell me the best way to use the `shutdown` cmd to completely power off a RH9 pc?

Thanks

nelly_boy

jqcaducifer · 07-31-2003, 04:23 PM

I just type halt, wait for the messages to end with "System Halted", and press the power button. (Why doesn't it shut off by itself like windows??)

nelly_boy · 07-31-2003, 04:29 PM

Is halt as safe as the shutdown cmd?

jqcaducifer · 07-31-2003, 04:42 PM

safe? my linux machine still works, so i guess so...(I have no clue, but it works without error, and displays [OK] and [FAIL] when closing services, and shutdown has too many extensions that I can't figure out and use)

Thetargos · 07-31-2003, 04:46 PM

If you really (badly) need to use shutdown do:

Code:

# shutdown -h now

It should poweroff the computer just as if you did it form within X, unlike halt that will only do that: halt the system without powering it off (I've noticed it depends on your hardware and mother board configurations, but shutdown -h now works for me at least!)

jqcaducifer · 07-31-2003, 05:20 PM

So thats how it works....why does the man page have to be so formal and confusing??? If only it had something like: "For average people who want to shutdown normally, type: ...." that would be so much easier.

jd121 · 07-31-2003, 05:21 PM

I just use shutdown now . Once its killed all running processes and daemons, I just press the power button. Seems to work fine for me.

jon_k · 07-31-2003, 07:25 PM

since all LQ messages are archived, maybe one day on google someone will want help on shutdown command that wants to know how to restart the computer

hello google user

just type shutdown -r now

and it'll reboot ;-)

mking007 · 07-31-2003, 11:18 PM

try this command

halt -p

mking007 · 07-31-2003, 11:19 PM

if u want to reboot,use this command:

reboot

DrOzz · 07-31-2003, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jqcaducifer
So thats how it works....why does the man page have to be so formal and confusing??? If only it had something like: "For average people who want to shutdown normally, type: ...." that would be so much easier.

just because you say this i am going to quote a comment in a Linux Unleashed book i own (its old packed with slack 3.0

)

Quote:

The man page for passwd is actually quite understandable. Be warned, however, that man pages are often written in a very formal and stylized way that sometimes bears little resemblance to English. This is done not to baffle people, but to cram a great detail of information into as short a description as possible.

For example, try man ls. Notice how many options are available for ls and how long it takes to explain them.

Although it can take practice (and careful reading!) to understand the man pages, once you get used to them, the first thing you'll do when you encounter a strange command is call up the man page for that command

so theres one of many explanations for why they are the way they are

nelly_boy · 08-03-2003, 06:04 AM

Thanks for all your replys. The man pages werent very helpful which is why i had to ask. The halt command worked fine.

nelly_boy