shutdown doesnt shutdown the computer

[Matthew Dillon]

: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>