Hi Ian, > Is it OK to type 'reboot' in a console in X (such as Konsole)? No, it's not. This has the same effect as hitting ctrl-alt-del on the first terminal: It sends all process the TERM signal and then the KILL signal, executes shutdown scripts and then reboots. Most important thing to know: The Linux shutdown process (initiated by pressing ctrl-alt-del or running the programs `halt`, `reboot`, `poweroff`, `shutdown`, and what-not), will (in most cases) not save your open documents or any other data, and completely bypasses the session management of your desktop environment. Having said that, I find myself running `reboot` in Konsole sometimes, but usually only, when I test newly compiled kernels. No need to mention, that I don't have any important data open at that point. Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
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