From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 17 02:00:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7A1737B404 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 02:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dhumketu.homeunix.net (dialpool-210-214-66-190.maa.sify.net [210.214.66.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A95543F93 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 02:00:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net) Received: by dhumketu.homeunix.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 38A936A8; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 02:14:39 +0530 (IST) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 02:14:39 +0530 From: Shantanu Mahajan To: lilyslipper@bluefrog.com Message-ID: <20030816204439.GA1804@dhumketu.homeunix.net> Mail-Followup-To: lilyslipper@bluefrog.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1729.205.232.81.191.1061059218.squirrel@webmail.bluefrog.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1729.205.232.81.191.1061059218.squirrel@webmail.bluefrog.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Hmmm... I dunno X-OS: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shutting down X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:00:26 -0000 +-- lilyslipper@bluefrog.com [freebsd] [16-08-03 14:40 -0400]: | I used | shutdown -h now | but the comp I use won't let me power off no matter how many times i hit | the power switch, what do I do? try # halt what is the last message you see? I do have a ATX mobo, and it works perfectly fine with halt. will check 'shutdown -h now' and let you know. -- Regards, Shantanu Mahajan