From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 11:43:08 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 E00A737B401 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rutger.owt.com (rutger.owt.com [204.118.6.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3601C43F93 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:43:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from topaz-out (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by rutger.owt.com (8.11.6p2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id h7GIh6v04474; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:43:06 -0700 From: Kent Stewart To: , Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:43:05 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <1729.205.232.81.191.1061059218.squirrel@webmail.bluefrog.com> In-Reply-To: <1729.205.232.81.191.1061059218.squirrel@webmail.bluefrog.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308161143.05742.kstewart@owt.com> 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: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:43:09 -0000 On Saturday 16 August 2003 11:40 am, lilyslipper@bluefrog.com wrote: > 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? > Sounds like you have an ATX mobo. You have to press the off switch for several seconds to shut it down. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html