[SOLVED] No hald -- boot/quit?

AlleyTrotter · 07-31-2012, 09:23 AM

Now that Slackware has gone cold turkey on hal, what is the proper way to boot/quit from a user (non-root) terminal?
I useta could do boot

Code:

dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Reboot

or quit

Code:

dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Shutdown

Would like to avoid sudoers. I don't like to open root if at all possible.
thanks
john

audriusk · 07-31-2012, 09:36 AM

Found these instructions on Arch wiki, haven't tried them myself:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...wer_operations

This requires you to run ConsoleKit (for reboot and shutdown) and UPower (for suspend and hibernate) to work.

AlleyTrotter · 07-31-2012, 11:43 AM

The methods in the link only work if running a console/terminal under X

When executed immediatly after boot/login the following error:
"Error org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.NotPriviliger: Not Authorized"

I'm looking to quit/boot from terminal not X
Thanks
John

Yes I made myself a member of wheel group

H_TeXMeX_H · 07-31-2012, 12:10 PM

I very rarely reboot and have setup Ctrl-Alt-Del as shutdown. Not the best solution, but it's all I need.

ponce · 07-31-2012, 12:53 PM

You don't need to add yourself to the wheel group: when creating a user with adduser, it asks for additional groups, push the up arrow and the defaults are sufficient (the "power" group is what is needed for shutdown/reboot operations).
The commands in the ArchWiki assume that you have a consolekit session available, as it is when you run X (the .xinitrc files take care of that).
If you want to use them in the console, just prefix them with a "ck-launch-session": for example, if you want to reboot

Code:

ck-launch-session dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit" /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Restart

AlleyTrotter · 07-31-2012, 02:58 PM

Thanks guys
As soon as I reboot into current I will try out the methods as Ponce describes.
Right now I am rebooting lots as I am testing current with each new build and some of my everyday work.
You are right Tex I rarely reboot when not testing something
Thanks again
john

Everything works as advertised Mr. Ponce. marked thread as solved
ReaperX7 I am also out of the wheel group, a place I never wanted to be. I like Ponce's method as now I have 2 one line scripts in /home/john 'b.sh' and 'q.sh'. Even quicker than 'su'

ReaperX7 · 07-31-2012, 04:27 PM

Adding yourself to the wheel group isn't the wisest ideas. If you need to shutdown just use the "su" command to root into from your user account and run the shutdown command from there.