[Tfug] Shutdown/Grub Question

[Choprboy]

On Friday 10 October 2008 02:24, Charles R. Kiss wrote:
> Why when using "shutdown -h now", or "shutdown -hP now" (the P doesn't
> seem to do anything), my computer (fan+lights) does not fully "halt".  I
> have to perform the additional operation of pushing the Power Button to
> turn the system completely off -which sometimes causes a reboot.
>

Well.... "shutdown -h" is shut down the system and then halt... i.e. not do 
anything. On some systems this puts you back at a a bootloader, but for most 
PCs it is kind of useless as it does not return to a runable state.

You want to try using "shutdown -P now" or the simpler "poweroff".

Unfortunately, power control doesn;t work on all systems... Generally it works 
on anything with a functioning APM or ACPI, but not all systems have 
implemented it correctly.

Adrian