shutdown doesnt shutdown the computer

[Petr Janda]

Thank you all,

Both shutdown -p and halt -p work.

Petr


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>