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Originally Posted by captain chaos
As there appears to be no shutdown option in kde then how do you do it. I found that the command '/sbin/halt' will shut down but stops at the prompt 'Power down'. Is this the same as windows 'It is now safe to turn off your computer', don't want to corrupt any data by switching off when I shouldn't. Thanks
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If you have a new computer (maybe after 2000) it will have acpi capabilities. (I see that you have). I have been with P2 and acpi was present..
so, you can simply logout from the kde and then press the power button. Try it also in Windows (save your work first!)
Attention! If you *hold* the button 5 secs the computer will not shutdown properly, it will POWEROFF! >(no electricity)< Only a simple pressing is enough.
also you can modify as root in /etc/inittab to speficy what the ctrl+alt+del can do.
#What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t5 -r now
so, instead of shutdown -t -r now you can write shutdown -h now
that was my practice, till i discovered acpi :-)