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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Rob Beard wrote: > Gordon Henderson wrote: >> 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 >> > Am I missing something here? > > DSL doesn't have a shutdown option? I've no idea myself what DSL comes with regarding window manger, or not... but I know that init 0 typed as root will always work no-matter what the distribution... and most modern linuxes will support power-down by the power button... 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