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  • From: s0dj11n AT yahoo.ca
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Fwd: Can't shutdown or halt from X (BL2)
  • Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:22:02 -0400

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 21:19:31 +0200
Andrew Langdon-Davies <ald2 AT arrakis.es> wrote:

> If I have logged in as root, <alt><ctrl><del> brings up the little
> menu
> allowing me to shutdown ok; halt in console freezes with icewm
> background, then <alt><ctrl><del> reboots.
> If I have logged in as normal user, then su, shutdown just freezes
> the
> keyboard, everything else works and I can load apps from the menu or
> logout and start again with keyboard working; but su, halt does the
> same as halt by root above.
> Reboot works ok in all situations.
> I would like a normal user to be able to shut down using su and then
> halt
> or shutdown.
> Is this possible?

Hi Andrew,

Try "shudown --now". But I usually just use "reboot".

goodday
--
sodjiin




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