The nicest thing about the 3 finger salute technique for shutting down is that you can customize it. Want it to reboot? Give it the -r switch in your /etc/inittab. Want it to poweroff instead? Give it the -h switch in aforenamed file. Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On my Slackware system I can give it the three finger salute from > anywhere (ctrl-alt-del) and it invokes the shutdown process > correctly. > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Vic Beckley wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > This seems like a silly question, but I will ask it anyway. I am running Debian 3.0 R2. In the installation manual it states to shut down the system you need to log in as root and type shutdown -h now. Is there any quicker and easier way to shut down your computer? > > > > > > > > Best Regards from Ohio, U.S.A. > > Vic > > MailTo:vbeckley at wilkshire.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > - -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (51% of Full) > My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iQCVAwUBQI6t7jVdG8M9x9tGAQLbngQAxYnW2lg80HYeEKy841W8iH2e4Mb1DAz+ > jIqUKF15QSr9RfGQaE+cvYpl315UBjqL97XlO81f5Cgdh65WpFX63ro6FFXKS0vw > 89qV830YoNMUUbUZB1jUUwcxOE4akISywwoB9g2jMQOgr8oZcAzo7LuxGWiNh3mp > V4eOG/b/KJw= > =a58d > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
