on Tue, 04 Mar 2003 09:38:23PM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker insinuated:
> 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.
as root: shutdown -r
(man shutdown)
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