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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, John Hansen wrote: > I have succeeded in using DSL on my old laptop but am unable > to find how I switch off the laptop in a controlled manner. > If any of you know the correct procedure please let me know > how to. A search of the WIKI did not reveal the procedure > which may of course be obvious to those who know ;-) >>From the "state the obvious" department: Push the power button. If the kernel has support for ACPI and you have the usual user-land tools it should shut it down in an orderly manner. That's my favoutite method these days... Failling that, open a terminal window, become root (or sudu) and execute init 0 Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html