no shutdown option in system menu

Jim Cornette fc-cornette at insight.rr.com
Tue Apr 24 23:18:57 UTC 2007


rfjones wrote:
> I have fc6
> frequently when i try to shutdown the system menu only has suspend as an
> option; i have to su to root and shutdown from command line
> any ideas?
> TIA
> rfjones
> 

The menu problem is a hassle. I saw this problem from time to time 
during test version periods for FC6.
However, you should be able to open a terminal and type poweroff to shut 
down and power off your system.

Jim



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