on Tue, 04 Mar 2003 10:08:16PM -0500, Seneca insinuated: > You could CTRL-ALT-F1 to the console, login there, and enter the > reboot command. you don't have to go to the console to do this, though -- is it "better" in some way? i shut down my machine all the time from X ... </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^