[SOLVED] gnome 3 power down, FC15

[g8jvm]

Hi all ,this must have been asked, but seaching with the word "off"...not helpful.

How do you get the good old power down , ie HALT in gnome 3.
Suspend is OK if you want to restart in the same state

TIA
Richard

[Smoking Tux]

I think here you'll find an answer...

[g8jvm]

thanks for the link.
A bit own with an alt function
weird hiding the shutdown with an ALT key.
That's really helpful when installing off a live CD when you need to restat NOT as live user..
It needs putting on the installer so anyone is aware of it. Instead of pulling the battery out on a laptop.

Richard

[Smoking Tux]

Instead of pulling the battery out on a laptop.

..doesn't everybody know to simply type 'shutdown -r now' in a terminal..?

[g8jvm]

Before quoting RTFL , check your facts. !!!!

on a liveCD install, live user doesn't have root access, and to use the shutdown command you need to su to root or drop out of X.
Unless you know of the ALT commands on the pull down menu or you can do is suspend.

try RTF original post

Richard

[DBelton]

ummm.. yes, you do have root access on the livecd.

Just open a terminal (or login to a console using ctrl-alt-f2)

from terminal:

su -
(just hit enter when asked for password)

you now have root access

or from a console screen, just log in as root, and just hit enter when asked for password. There is no root password on the livecd.

So, your remark about the other poster needing to check his facts was totally WRONG and should be directed elsewhere.

[g8jvm]

I strongly disagree, at the point of the installation that requires root access to reboot and then give the user info, there is NO root access, you can open a terminal and type su, but root access is disallowed, and if you drop back to a console , it wont allow root access there either., and CTL-ALT-Del has also been disabled.

[Smoking Tux]

@g8jvm:
You know what sarcasm means..?

---------- Post added at 06:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:13 PM ----------

Though it's really unnecessary, nevertheless I just tried it. In fact you just have to open a terminal, type 'su -', and you'll become root with absolutly no prompt for a password.