Gnome Login ->System->Halt 1

[coper]

Hello,

On my rh 7.1 I have a gnome gui user login. Under the System tab I have reboot or halt. I can use Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot. What are the keystrokes to halt the system?

Thanks

 

[fluid11]

I don't know of any special keystrokes that do this by default, but you can add them yourself. The Ctrl+Alt+Del key sequence is set in the /etc/inittab file. Look for this line...

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

You can create something on your own that will halt the system here.

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[coper]

Hi Fluid11,

Thanks for replying. The reason I asked is that I have an old system I'm using to learn linux on. The monitor is going up so sometimes it goes black. Until I can afford a new one I need a way to do a proper shutdown without a screen.

I will try and edit the line in the /etc/inittab file

From- ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
To- ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -h now

Thanks

 

[fluid11]

Yep, that will do it for you.


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