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Re: Usability Questions



On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 15:13, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without having to
> first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? (I know *nix systems are designed
> for 24/7, but many desktop computer users prefer shutting down overnight.)

Ctrl-Alt-F1        -- switches to first virtual console
Ctrl-Alt-Del       -- standard shutdown/reboot

Make sure that the shutdown line in /etc/inittab says -h rather than -r,
otherwise it will just reboot.

Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work in X; that's why you have to switch to a
console screen first.

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