Can't shutdown

[Basil Chupin]

On 13/12/2010 16:10, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 18:19 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 01:08 +0000, ms wrote:
>>>> On 12/12/10 20:46, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>>>>> If the shutdown is of your own contrivance, I strongly recommend
>>>>> killing all your windows before issuing the shutdown.
>>>> Why?
>>> A normal shutdown does that. Shuts things down cleanly. A false-normal
>>> shutdown may not. Ric
>>>
>> That is not what I've seen.
> Huh, mine usually does. I'll have to play with this and see what's
> up. :) Ric


I am not sure that it is really necessary to "look". Linux issues the 
command for any running apps to close and waits until they do before 
shutting down.

Go ALT-CTRL-F3, say, and, as root, issue the "halt" (or even the 
"reboot") command - and watch the messages which come up.

However, if you hit the RESET button or hold down the POWER button to 
shutdown then it's a totally different story.

BC

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