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Old 04-28-2006, 05:19 AM   #1
camladuk
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shutting down linux, please help.


can anyone PLEASE tell me how to shut linux down properly. at the moment i can't find anyway to do this apart from the old way of just switching it off by the power switch, which is not good i know, i know!!! don't all rant and rave at me please!!!!!!!!!!!

anyways, further to the point, this would be great if someone could help me please. thanks very much.


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Old 04-28-2006, 05:24 AM   #2
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For shutting down if you are using Xwindows then just click the redhat and click on logout you will be prompted to shut down or restart or logout,.otherwise just open the terminal and process the command

1. init 0 :- for shut down
2. init 6 :- for restart your pc

enjoy..
 
Old 04-28-2006, 05:34 AM   #3
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shutting down linux.

if u looked, i'm using mandrakelinux 10.1.

i'm using the kde3.2 GUI and there is no option to shut down. i have no knowladge of linux at all as i have just migrated over.

oh and the init 0 command did not bring up anything. please help!!!

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Old 04-28-2006, 06:18 AM   #4
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Had you try the <halt> command ??
 
Old 04-28-2006, 06:49 AM   #5
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yes i have tryed the halt command, but still no joy.
 
Old 04-28-2006, 06:54 AM   #6
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hello camladuk,


/sbin/shutdown
OR
/sbin/halt
OR
by switching init mode (as saini_mw suggested)

in order to run either command you will need to be root/superuser

you can always do

Code:
man shutdown
OR

Code:
man halt
again as root/superuser to get more information on how to use these commands


good luck
 
Old 04-28-2006, 02:02 PM   #7
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ok, thanks everyone, i have found out how to shut down on the GUI. i had to enable it first on the system, configuration part of KDE 3.2. if anyone else wants to know this, i suggest you remember this for another time.


tony (aka camladuk).
 
Old 04-29-2006, 03:52 PM   #8
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Just in case for some reason your GUI gets killed or something...

To switch between into VT:s (text mode) press Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is a number (usually 1-7). VT7 is usually reserved for X-windows (graphical mode). From these virtual terminals you can login as a normal user or as root user (superuser). If you have to shutdown the computer from a virtual terminal, login as "root". Then issue

shutdown -h now

You can also use the commands suggested below. Just remember that you'll have to root to shutdown the computer. You can also try what Ctrl-Alt-Del does, but it works _only in virtual terminals_ not in X-windows.
 
Old 04-29-2006, 07:23 PM   #9
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thanks basileus, but since i do not have x-windows, i won't be using it. i'm using kde 3.2 but i'm going back to win xo pro now. as the java VM is so hard to install.

thanks guys for all your help, i'll be a linuxer once i've read uo on it a bit and decided what distro i'm going to use for cirtain.

tony wares, (camladuk)
 
  


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