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jmags

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Registered: 2006-03-07

Posts: 48

Shutdown now not shutting my computer down now (or ever).

I'm switching to FVWM, and I got rid of KDM and haven't bothered to replace it with anything. When I try to turn off my computer by using shutdown now things seem to go okay and then I get this:

Entering single-user mode. . . .
INIT: Going single user
Give root password for maintenance
(or type control-D to continue):

If I hit control-D, the system restarts Arch.

If I give the root password and then issue shutdown now again within the maintenance mode I get:

Switching to runlevel: 1
INIT: Sending processes started by init the TERM signal
INIT: Sending processes started by init the KILL signal
: no more processes left on this run level

And then it displays that until I turn the computer off by holding down the power key. Any ideas?

sebcactus

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-01-27

Posts: 277

Re: Shutdown now not shutting my computer down now (or ever).

1. you need to have some privileges to shutdown the computer. You can use sudo for example, and run

sudo shutdown

to shutdown your computer.

2. Your computer shut down properly since no processes are left. What you are looking for (if I understood right) is that the computer turns off automatically. I think there is something to activate in the kernel (but it should be already activated if you are using the arch or beyond kernel): the Power Management, and ACPI.

phildg

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Registered: 2006-03-10

Posts: 146

Re: Shutdown now not shutting my computer down now (or ever).

# shutdown now

will put the computer into single mode (init 1) which is what your describing.

# shutdown -h now

will shutdown the computer; this is what you want; and

# shutdown -r now

will reboot it.

orestis

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From: Cyprus

Registered: 2006-03-08

Posts: 32

Re: Shutdown now not shutting my computer down now (or ever).

shutdown -hP now

This is what i use to shutdown and make the power go off.
I hope this helps.

z4ziggy

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From: Israel

Registered: 2004-03-29

Posts: 573

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Re: Shutdown now not shutting my computer down now (or ever).

i usually use

init 6

is that bad? its just shorter... :oops:

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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Shutdown now not shutting my computer down now (or ever).

Nope, not at all.

whargoul

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From: Odense, Denmark

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 546

Re: Shutdown now not shutting my computer down now (or ever).

I always use 'halt' to shutdown my computer.

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kps

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Registered: 2006-04-30

Posts: 30

Re: Shutdown now not shutting my computer down now (or ever).

I always use 'halt' to shutdown my computer.

Same here: halt and reboot.  8)

jmags

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Registered: 2006-03-07

Posts: 48

Re: Shutdown now not shutting my computer down now (or ever).

Thanks everybody.