Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-22 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Chris Hill wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Yance Kowara wrote: In Linux, shutdown -h now will power off the machine. *That* makes no sense to me, and I would find it to be unexpected behavior... but I guess it's a matter of what you're used to. Where FreeBSD aims for a Principle of Least

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-22 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
On Tuesday 21 March 2006 17:17, Chris Hill wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Yance Kowara wrote: [snip] Yes, strangely enough shutdown -h now in FreeBSD will only halt the machine. halt -p will poweroff the box, and shutdown -p now will also power off the box. The shutdown options don't seem

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Yance Kowara
- Original Message - From: Vayu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Malcolm Fitzgerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer? On Monday 20 March 2006 20:04, Kevin Kinsey wrote

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Jerry McAllister
When I log out and select Turn off the computer it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to hold the power button down for

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread regnans
Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select Turn off the computer it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to hold the

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Malcolm Fitzgerald
On 22/03/2006, at 3:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select Turn off the computer it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. I figure you use

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Chris Hill
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Yance Kowara wrote: [snip] Yes, strangely enough shutdown -h now in FreeBSD will only halt the machine. halt -p will poweroff the box, and shutdown -p now will also power off the box. The shutdown options don't seem very strange to me: H stands for Halt, P stands for

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 22/03/2006, at 3:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select Turn off the computer it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: The operating system has halted. Please press any key

Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-20 Thread Malcolm Fitzgerald
When I log out and select Turn off the computer it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to hold the power button down for several

Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-20 Thread Robert Huff
Malcolm Fitzgerald writes: When I log out and select Turn off the computer it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select Turn off the computer it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to hold the

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-20 Thread Vayu
On Monday 20 March 2006 20:04, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select Turn off the computer it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot.