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On 18/11/12 14:26, Gordon Henderson wrote:
OK, so I used the power switch to shut down yesterday and it took about 2 seconds to do it! I do find something a bit odd though.What I'm suggesting is that you don't bother with all that mouse faffing, typing, etc. and just push the power button to turn it off. That's what it's for. If Linux is installed correctly, pushing the power buton (just a brief push, as as you'd do to turn it on) will send a signal to Linux and an automatic shutdown will happen. I mean, really - who actually types halt, shutdown, etc. these days, or bothers with the faff on going through the menus. If you want to turn your computer off, then push the power button. When I want to turn my laptops off, I push the power buton on them. I never turn my desktop off, so it's not an issue, but if I wanted to, I'd use the power button on the front. Gordon
If I go Menu --> Logout it brings up a small window where the choices are Logout, Restart, Shut Down, Suspend or of course Cancel. If I then click on Shut Down I get the long wait that I have been moaning about.
If, as suggested, I press the power button briefly I get a small window on the screen which looks identical to the one mentioned above. Yet when I click on Shut Down this time it all happens in 2 seconds.
Why would the same button on the same window have such different results merely due to the way it (the window) is called up?
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