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firedance

Member

From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2005-04-18

Posts: 131

"shutdown now" goes into single user mode and hang

Since I got an answer to my first question I'll also trie my luck with this question.

As the topic says, when I do 'shutdown now' the computer goes to something like
"Entering single user mode
Enter Password or type control+D to cancel: "
the biggest problem is, i cant enter a pass or control+d, it simply hangs.
also, i dont want that single user thing there.

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Stinky

Member

From: The Colony, TX

Registered: 2004-05-28

Posts: 187

Re: "shutdown now" goes into single user mode and hang

try
shutdown -r now
for reboot and
shutdown -h now
for System halt.  (Power off)

Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

Posts: 5,986

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Re: "shutdown now" goes into single user mode and hang

You can also use the commands:

halt

and

reboot

I believe these just call the commands Stinky suggested, but they're easier to remember.

Dusty

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scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: "shutdown now" goes into single user mode and hang

"halt" works fine (unless you use the last stock kernel and have NTFS partitions mounted), as does "reboot" or "telinit 6"- both do the same thing.

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firedance

Member

From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2005-04-18

Posts: 131

Re: "shutdown now" goes into single user mode and hang

All of them works perfect! Thanks!

Stinky

Member

From: The Colony, TX

Registered: 2004-05-28

Posts: 187

Re: "shutdown now" goes into single user mode and hang

/me feels all warm and fuzzy when he actually knows an answer. 

heh 

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: "shutdown now" goes into single user mode and hang

"shutdown now" goes to single-user mode on my system too, that seems to be a bug... But it doesn't hang last I checked. :? Maybe there's something else going on?

iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: "shutdown now" goes into single user mode and hang

I always thought it was "shutdown -h now"