Gina, I always use: sudo halt Then if I want to power it off I unplug the wall-wart from the mains. The micro-USB power connector on the board seems to me to be far more fragile than the other end, so I try to keep plugging and unplugging from the Pi end to a minimum. Mike On 13/10/2013 23:30, Georgina Joyce wrote: > Hello All, > > I wondered how you guys shut down your Pi's? > > As tradition, ctrl alt delete puts it in reboot mode. One of the first jobs I > do with Linux is to edit inittab to shutdown -h now. Other than changing the > ctrl alt delete behaviour, how do you shutdown your Pi's? > > Thanks. > Gena > > Georgina Joyce > Applied Psychologist > Training and Coaching. > Because individuals of groups matter! > > > =========================================================== > The raspberry-vi mailing list > Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/raspberry-vi > Administrative contact: <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi logo are trademarks of the Raspberry Pi > Foundation. > > This list is not affiliated to the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the views and > attitudes expressed by the subscribers to this list do not reflect those of > the Foundation. > > Mike Ray, list creator, January 2013 > -- Michael A. Ray Analyst/Programmer Witley, Surrey, South-east UK Don't just sit there, learn something Interested in accessibility on the Raspberry Pi? Visit: http://www.raspberryvi.org/ From where you can join our mailing list for visually-impaired Pi hackers =========================================================== The raspberry-vi mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/raspberry-vi Administrative contact: <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ----------------------------------------------------------- Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi logo are trademarks of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. This list is not affiliated to the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the views and attitudes expressed by the subscribers to this list do not reflect those of the Foundation. Mike Ray, list creator, January 2013