[OLPC New Zealand] XO 1.75 B1 build 11.3.1 testing

James Cameron quozl at laptop.org
Sun Dec 4 19:07:22 EST 2011


On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 08:58:17PM +1300, Tom Parker wrote:
> I have noticed "sudo halt" does not halt the machine -- the screen goes
> blank and the power led stays green. Holding down the power button
> causes it to shut down with the normal flashing after the delay.

That's what "halt" is supposed to do.  You may be familiar with "halt"
on buggy platforms that also turns the power off.  ;-)

Use "poweroff" instead of "halt".

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James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/


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