Try the following,
Code:shutdown -h now
poweroff cmd ?
Maybe I'm being silly .. but when i type the poweroff cmd in a shell window the cursor seems to start returning creating lots of new lines .... is this a bug ?. ..... sorry if this is a stupid question.
Try the following,
Code:shutdown -h now
Care to be a little more specific as to what type of "lines" you are getting ?Originally Posted by Lokro
In the meantime have a look at
and alsoCode:#man shutdown
Code:#shutdown --help
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I get the same
Just press enter again when it starts doing it.
The way I would describe it would be, after poweroff is typed and enter pressed it acts like the enter key gets stuck, thus creating new lines in the shell window
I have seen this as well under BT3, but I just disregarded it.
Try
Code:init 0
I had this problem using the live cd but after the HD install it works just fine... strange.
same here the live CD on my lappy would do that but as soon as i installed it to the HD poweroff from the terminal works as it should
How in this?# halt
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