Hi All. Have linux open susse 10 on HP2133.

shoveduff · 10-17-2009, 07:05 PM

Bit new to this folks. Switch on the note book operating screen comes on the bios shows then asks for login then password. Didnt have a clue what to do after this but the pc starts when i run startx, then it boots up. Then it will not shutdown unless holding the power button. Thanks for your help

Raum the Old · 10-18-2009, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by shoveduff

Bit new to this folks. Switch on the note book operating screen comes on the bios shows then asks for login then password. Didnt have a clue what to do after this but the pc starts when i run startx, then it boots up. Then it will not shutdown unless holding the power button. Thanks for your help

To shutdown on Linux:

Code:

sudo shutdown -P now

shoveduff · 10-18-2009, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raum the Old

To shutdown:

Code:

sudo shutdown -p now

hi thanks, tried the comand then the pc asked for the root password, did so, reply was sudo: shutdown: -p now command not found anything else i can try? Also why cnnot pc just load normally like it used to instead of commanding startx ? Any info you need just ask. Thanks again for your help !

davesny · 10-18-2009, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoveduff

hi thanks, tried the comand then the pc asked for the root password, did so, reply was sudo: shutdown: -p now command not found anything else i can try? Also why cnnot pc just load normally like it used to instead of commanding startx ? Any info you need just ask. Thanks again for your help !

Hello,
Please give us some information, such as the size of the processor, the RAM, Hard Drive, etc. Also, do you still have Windows on a partition on the Hard Drive?
I presume that openSUSE 10 means 10.0. Please confirm.
davisny

Raum the Old · 10-18-2009, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoveduff

hi thanks, tried the comand then the pc asked for the root password, did so, reply was sudo: shutdown: -p now command not found anything else i can try? Also why cnnot pc just load normally like it used to instead of commanding startx ? Any info you need just ask. Thanks again for your help !

OK, that's weird. This should work:

Code:

sudo poweroff

shoveduff · 10-21-2009, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raum the Old

OK, that's weird. This should work:

Code:

sudo poweroff

Hi! Thanks for getting back so quickly. I Tried the above entered the above. Once again i was asked for the root password and then...
sudo: poweroff: command not found ...

chrism01 · 10-21-2009, 07:28 PM

sudo shutdown -h now

-h = halt

In post #2 , that should have been an uppercase -P
http://linux.die.net/man/8/shutdown

shoveduff · 10-21-2009, 07:31 PM

hi Davesny thaks for your help. Hope you find this info useful, it is suse linux enterprise desktop 10 SP1. Partitioning shows no drives.CPU, VIA C7-M Processor 12000MHZ, Disk MK1252GS .... more to follow..thanks for your help and understanding.

shoveduff · 10-21-2009, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism01

sudo shutdown -h now

-h = halt

In post #2 , that should have been an uppercase -P
http://linux.die.net/man/8/shutdown

thanks will try