Ok, so I'm stumped. I just did a nice new install of Debian Woody, and I can't figure out how I should reboot the thing. I have GNOME 1.4 running. There's no 'reboot' menu item, and when I log out, it brings me to the GNOME login screen, with no 'reboot' item there, either. CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work on the login screen. CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE cuts out of X for a second, but then it pops right back into the GNOME login. The last time all I could do was CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE repeatedly until X gave me an error and quit for good, then I could CTRL-ALT-DEL it.I believe the next version of Gnome's login screen (gdm) implements a menu allowing you to shutdown/reboot.
It seems like I must be missing something extraordinarily easy here.
- Joel
In the meanwhile, you can:
1) from within a terminal window within X, type "shutdown -r now" as root. (Or to shutdown (halt) instead of reboot, "shutdown -h now".)
or
2) Switch to a virtual terminal (VT) by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F[1 thru 6 in most cases). So, Ctrl-Alt-F2 would switch you to the second VT. At that point, you can type "shutdown -r now".
or
3) Switch to a virtual terminal as in option 2 above, then press Ctrl-Alt-Delete which if your /etc/inittab is set to the default will begin a shutdown/reboot process.
Kent
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