shutdown doesnt shutdown the computer

[Bill Hacker]

Petr Janda wrote:
Thank you all,

Both shutdown -p and halt -p work.

Petr

While you are testing, how about 'init 0'?

Bill

On Fri, 15 May 2009 03:02:47 Matthew Dillon wrote:
:Hi,
:I often watch movies untill I fall asleep. As this has been generating
: quite a bit of income for electricity companies, I tried using shutdown
: -h +60.
:
:This makes the computer though proceed with shutdown but stop at the very
: end saying something like "You can shut down your computer now or press a
: button to reboot".
:
:Why is this happening? ACPI? Whats the best way to time a shutdown?
:
:Thanks,
:Petr
    I always use 'halt -p' myself.  'shutdown -p ...' should work well.

    A shutdown without -p does not normally power off the machine.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon
					<dillon at backplane.com>