[raspberry-vi] Re: Shutting down your Pi

  • From: Georgina Joyce <m0ebp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:14:41 +0100

Hello Mike,

That's still too much typing for me. I'll find how to make ctrl alt delete halt 
in stead of reboot. Although, if I opened a root console, each session, at the 
beginning, it wouldn't be too difficult especially with the history buffer.

Thanks.

Gena
Georgina Joyce
Applied Psychologist
Training and Coaching.
Because individuals of groups matter!


On 13 Oct 2013, at 23:34, Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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!
>> 
>> 
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