On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 12:29:08PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 12:09:09PM +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > the result of the shutdown +5 -p command is unexpected :
> > Enter pathname of shell or return for sh
> >
> > How to repeat :
> > in a xfce4-terminal
> > shutdown +5 -p
> >
> > Regards,
> > David MAURER
>
> Depends on you epxectations.
>
> -p handling is conditional on the host being able to power down by
> software. Since you neglected to include a dmesg, we must conclude
> your machine just isn't capable of doing a power down by software.
>
> -Otto
Oh, you reversed the order of arguments. So -p becomes the message.
-Otto
