try "shutdown -h now"
See if that does it.
--- On Sat 08/23, Nick H Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
From: Nick H Johnson [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 23 Aug 2003 15:00:09 -0400
Subject: shut down problem
I have set up Psyche on my mother's Gateway 433 desktop, as a Win/RH box<br>using
Grub. She likes pretty pictures and so wants to be able to do<br>everything from the
gui. I however can't get it to stay turned off when<br>I select "Shut Down" from the
log out pop-up window. It reboots.<br>It also reboots using:<br><br>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
me]$ poweroff<br><br>any pointers would be appreciated<br><br>thanks<br>Nick<br>--
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