I've recently installed Openbox,and read a guide that said the PC should be shut down via this command:
gdm-control --shutdown && openbox --exit
However, it seems a bit counter intuitive. Why would I shut the computer down first and then exit Openbox? How is that even possible?
Or is it maybe that gdm-control --shutdown
just sends a message somewhere? What if the computer shuts down before Openbox can exit? Is this really "the right way"?
Info:
Link to Openbox guide: http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/
OS: Debian Linux 7.0
Best Answer
Make an alias like this. Then just type
shut
.You need to be root to do it, that's why you first set the user to superuser (
su
), then issue the command (-c
). The-h
is for "halt" after shutdown, i.e., don't reboot (or do anything else).