Linux Logout....Halt?
 

Running Mandrake 8.1 using KDE 2.2.1

When I get the Logout window, there are three options. Logout, Halt, and Reboot. What exactly does "Halt" do? I would guess it is something like standby, but don't know. And if I do pick "Halt", what happens and how do I get back to the UI?

Germ

Takes the OS down to the point where it's safe to turn the power off.

If you are running a single processor ATX machine with a default install of Mandrake 8.x then the halt command will also shut off the machine after shutting down the OS.

Cool, Thank you.

Germ

follow up to that..
running mandrake 8.1 how do I halt the system from command line.
I've used "shutdown now" but it seems to still not be safe to turn off, since when I do, and reboot, it always says the drives were unmounted improperly and runs chkdsk on em.
thx
dragonb

double post - opps.

hello,
re you using a custom kernel? If you have no idea of what I am talking about then you can safely say no.

try shutdown -h now

or simply poweroff

If I'm in console mode only, nobody can shutdown except root right? I'm going to setup a server and dont want people shutting it down if they think I just left it running.

my favorite:

sync;halt