Hmm, it seems that the problem persists even with "sudo poweroff" Any thoughts? j <div class="gmail_quote">On 8 October 2012 15:22, Tyler J. Wagner <<a href="mailto:tyler@tolaris.com" target="_blank">tyler@tolaris.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 2012-10-08 11:06, James Morrissey wrote: > Thanks for this Tyler. > > At the moment i only seem able to find the acpi call for the power button, > not for the cog. > > Are they the same at: > > /etc/acpi/events/powerbtn </div>Probably, but I don't know what the cog really calls. What happens when you shut down by pressing the power button? Regards, Tyler -- "It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong." -- Richard Feynman </blockquote></div>