David Nelson wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> It is possible to shutdown the system by entering the command:
> #shutdown -h now
> from a terminal in KDE (Konsole). I have done it on occassion and it works
> fine, and I have not noticed any ill effects. I just worry that it may not be
> shuting KDE down properly, and that it will eventually lead to problems.
>
> On Sunday 08 July 2001 12:58 am, Roman Bysh wrote:
> > I don't think you can do this. You must exit the GUI shell. Even the
> > terminal is working from within KDE or Gnome etc..
> > The "kill" and "shutdown" commands will work if you exit to console
> > outside the GUI shell.
>
> Thanks
> David Nelson
Hi David,
As I prefer to be logged in as user, I could not replicate the shutdown.
However, when I changed to root, I was able to replicate it. I haven't
seen any ill effects -yet. But, in the long run, you could be running an
application without knowing it, and it could get corrupt. The kill or
shutdown commands should be used as your last defense. If you are stuck
with no options to log out and the OS is not responding to anything
else. I would use it with care.
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
"su is not the root of your problem
but the start of a new journey"
