Darren Wyn Rees wrote:
Is there a means of configuring the system so that a user can shutdown (from GUI/X) by either i) pressing a combination of keys, or ii) clicking on an icon on the desktop ?
In KDE click the logout button to get out of X (in Gnome or some WM, something similar), and then press Ctrl-Alt-Del to halt the system. By default, the effect of Ctrl-Alt-Del is to reboot. You can switch the computer off at the moment it starts to reboot (yes, this is safe), or change the effect of Ctrl-Alt-Del into 'halt' by doing the following: 1. In Yast, go to System administration > Change configuration file, look for CONSOLE_SHUTDOWN and set the value to 'halt'. Or, alternatively, change this setting in /etc/inittab; look for "# what to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed". 2. To prevent the security system from putting this setting back to 'reboot', in Yast go to System administration > Security settings > General information on system security, and set "How to interpret Ctrl-Alt-Del" to 'halt'. I vaguely remember that there's also a way to halt the system by pressing the three mouse buttons in a certain order.... can't find it back any more. Perhaps someone else knows about this? BTW, instead of the command 'shutdown -h now' the command 'halt' will do. See also 'man halt' and 'man poweroff'. Good luck, SH