On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 09:38:23PM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > Ok, so I'm stumped. I just did a nice new install of Debian Woody, and I > can't figure out how I should reboot the thing. I have GNOME 1.4 > running. There's no 'reboot' menu item, and when I log out, it brings me > to the GNOME login screen, with no 'reboot' item there, either. > CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work on the login screen. CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE cuts > out of X for a second, but then it pops right back into the GNOME login. > The last time all I could do was CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE repeatedly until X > gave me an error and quit for good, then I could CTRL-ALT-DEL it. > > It seems like I must be missing something extraordinarily easy here. You could CTRL-ALT-F1 to the console, login there, and enter the reboot command. You could bring up an xterm and issue reboot there. The command is "reboot", but you may need to use sudo to use it if you aren't logged in as root (I normally just use sudo). -- Seneca seneca-cunningham@rogers.com
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