Way to shut the PC down at a specific preset time?

amubu ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Fri Apr 21 14:38:05 UTC 2006


>You could insert the line



>42 17 * * * root shutdown -h now



>into your /etc/crontab file.



>thisis will cause linux to shutdown at 17:42 any day.



is that working for everyone? i have problem i guess. maybe you can
assume whats the problem? when i open synaptic i see the message
below...mayby thats what it fauls:???: 



W: Couldn't stat source package list
http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net_dists_hoary-backports_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)

W: Couldn't stat source package list
http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/universe Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net_dists_hoary-backports_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)

W: Couldn't stat source package list
http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/multiverse
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net_dists_hoary-backports_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)

W: Couldn't stat source package list
http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/restricted
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net_dists_hoary-backports_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)


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amubu




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