can't shut down

2004-01-27 Thread Douglas Pollard
I'm a newby to debian linux and feeling pretty dumb. I have managed to partition my hard drive and install Debian but I can't figure out how to get into root in order to shut down my machine. IfI am in Gnome how do I close Debian-linux down. If someone would walk me through from Gnome I

Re: can't shut down

2004-01-27 Thread Sascha Andres
Hi, * Douglas Pollard wrote on 27.01.2003 (09:25): Do I live in the future? ;) I'm a newby to debian linux and feeling pretty dumb. I have managed to partition my hard drive and install Debian but I can't figure out how

Re: can't shut down

2004-01-27 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello: under Gnome, you have first to `log out': action log out then a PopUp must appear to ask confirmation. Next, your box must be controled by `gdm' which can be configured with a shutdown option (see the corresping documentation). Anyhow, shutdown from a console: CTRL+ATL+F1 (or F2 F3 F4

Re: can't shut down

2004-01-27 Thread Matt Miller
If I am in Gnome how do I close Debian-linux down. You should have some menu icons somewhere on your screen. One of them should bring up an option labeled 'Log Out' or something like that. If you are logged in as root then the box that pops up should include an option to shutdown the machine.

Re: can't shut down

2004-01-27 Thread Kevin C. Smith
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:25:33AM -0400, Douglas Pollard wrote: I'm a newby to debian linux and feeling pretty dumb. I have managed to partition my hard drive and install Debian but I can't figure out how to get into root in order to shut down my machine. If I am in Gnome how do I close

Re: can't shut down

2004-01-27 Thread Michael Rauch
Kevin C. Smith wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:25:33AM -0400, Douglas Pollard wrote: I'm a newby to debian linux and feeling pretty dumb. I have managed to partition my hard drive and install Debian but I can't figure out how to get into root in order to shut down my machine. If I am in Gnome

Re: can't shut down

2004-01-27 Thread David Clymer
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 08:25, Douglas Pollard wrote: I'm a newby to debian linux and feeling pretty dumb. I have managed to partition my hard drive and install Debian but I can't figure out how to get into root in order to shut down my machine. If I am in Gnome how do I close Debian-linux