Re-boot "hot key"

[Mark C. Miller]

On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:09:51 -0500, David Siegel wrote:

> Mark, for those pf us unfamiliar with Windows, what would you expect
> that keyboard shortcut to do on Linux to give you similar functionality
> to Windows?
> 
> David
> 
> Sent from my latest-and-greatest, proprietary, DRM-enabled, crypto-
> locked gadget.
> 
> On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:03 PM, "Mark C. Miller" <mr.mcmiller at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm a noob.
>>
>> Is there a comparable key combination in Ubuntu for Window's control-
>> alt-
>> delete?
>>
>> I recently upgraded a computer to Ubuntu 8.10.  After entering my
>> userid
>> and password, the system just stopped working.  I wanted to reboot, but
>> the upper panel was not yet visible, so I didn't have access to the
>> drop-
>> down menu with that option.  I ended up just unplugging the computer;
>> doesn't strike me as the ideal way of doing things.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> mcm
>>
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The control-alt-delete feature of windows calls up the task manager.  
>From there you can kill running processes or choose to shutdown the 
computer.  It's this ability to choose "shutdown" that I was looking 
for.  With the system stalled at the login, there's no way I could find 
to re-boot or shutdown the system. 

I guess some sort of short-cut to the shell would be helpful.  From there 
I presume there is some command that one could invoke that would perform 
an orderly shutdown or re-boot.

Thanks for following up.

mcm

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Mark C. Miller