On Thursday 17 March 2005 14:13, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: > If I want a reboot And the gui is running, then the classic three fingered > salute "ctrl+alt+del" gets me a confirmation pop up where a quick enter > (or a single click) will, (since I use startx to fire up x from run level > three), get me out of the gui. I get a smiler effect (only faster {no > confirmation pop-up) with "ctrl+alt+backspace" > ctrl+alt+backspace only kills the X server which will be automatically restarted. see: /etc/inittab line for run level 5--usually the last line > Once the gui is out of the way "ctrl+alt+del" will cause an immediate > shutdown -r. > > But if I simply want to shut it down, the fastest clean shut down response > I've found so far, seams to work from any console or xterm. > > At the bash prompt I simply type "powerdown" > What I usually do is alter this line in /etc/inittab: ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now replacing the -r (for reboot) with -h (for halt) after making the change run "init q" to tell init to reread /etc/inittab so it will know about your configuration change. Then for a quick shut down press ctrl+alt+F1 (or f2-f6) to get to a text console, then press ctrl+alt+del to shut down the system in an orderly way. paul -- Paul Almquist paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Eau Claire, WI USA