On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 13:08 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > Is it safe to use the physical power button to shutdown the machine? My systems, over many years, have survived many ungracefull poweroffs. Unlike Windows, which could be quite self destructive about it. Mind you, I don't have databases running on my systems that could need to be shut down in a specific way to maintain their data. You could try tapping the power button, and see if that triggers the computer to go into a shutdown. Some systems are set up that way, but I can't recall what the default is. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.16.2-201.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Mon Sep 15 20:21:12 UTC 2014 i686 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org