--- Rodd Clarkson <rodd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 08:33 -0500, Jim Cornette > wrote: > > Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > Jim Cornette wrote: > > > > > >> dragoran wrote: > > >> > > >>> I installed todays rawhide tree and found this > issues: 1) why is > > >>> there no shutdown/reboot in the gnome menus ? > this is a desktop > > >>> system and I do not want to suspend it. > > >> > > >> > > >> It is an assumption upstream that reflects if > your computer is capable > > >> of suspending, you do not need a shutdown > choices. A lot of comments > > >> previously in gnome-power-manager thread. > > > > > > Incorrect. It is a Fedora specific change. > > > > > > > Thanks! I thought that upstream GNOME decided on > this approach. Either > > way, limiting the ability to reboot/shutdown is > not practical for many > > reasons. > > Yeah, for example on a system that doesn't suspend > properly, but all > you're offered is the opportunity to suspend. > > Once FC5t3 is out I'm going to do some serious > looking into why my very > recent Dell Inspiron 9300 doesn't suspend (or > hibernate), but even so, I > still need some way of shutting down the system, and > getting it to start > again (without having to reboot using the on/off key > after suspending) Become super user $ su - psswd: ****** # shutdown -h now and/or # poweroff should work as usual(from command line/terminal) in case the options are removed from KDE/GNOME. Best Regards, Antonio > > I guess what I'm saying is maybe we need to leave > shutdown and restart > in place until such time as suspend is actually > working as expected. > > > Rodd > -- > "It's a fine line between denial and faith. > It's much better on my side" > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list