From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 22 01:52:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA22856 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 01:52:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.frihet.com (root@frihet.bayarea.net [205.219.92.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA22838 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 01:51:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.frihet.com (tweten@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns.frihet.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id BAA09564; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 01:51:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199706220851.BAA09564@ns.frihet.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0beta 12/23/96 Reply-To: "David E. Tweten" To: justin@structured.net cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reboot from X? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 01:51:17 -0700 From: "David E. Tweten" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ashworth@spacehog.structured.net said: >Is it a bad thing to reboot my system while in X-Windows? Not at all. I've been using FreeBSD since it was 386bsd, always with XFree86, and always typing "shutdown" or "reboot" or "halt," as appropriate, from X. There's never been a problem, nor should there be one. -- David E. Tweten | 2047-bit PGP fingerprint: | tweten@frihet.com 12141 Atrium Drive | E9 59 E7 5C 6B 88 B8 90 | tweten@and.com Saratoga, CA 95070-3162 | 65 30 2A A4 A0 BC 49 AE | (408) 446-4131 Those who make good products sell products; those who don't, sell solutions.