jamesy

Well, I just got linux installed on my pc. Im running windows xp pro sp2 and mandriva linux 10.1. Im just wondering how you acually turn the computer off. In windows you click on start menu then go to turn off computer and it turns off. In mandrake I cant find an option to turn the pc off. All I can do is log off... i tried logging off and using the text console to shut down but that was unsucessful. I did manage to use the command "shutdown -f now" and suchlike but I cant get my computer to turn off. Any help would be appreciated. Im a complete newb when it comes to linux so please help me. My second problem is that the openoffice.org program is in spanish.I have made sure the settings are set to english but Im lost. Please help me.

Ahh right. Thanks for the guide.

That could be my problem. I burned the discs at 48x speed. Ill burn them again a 8x and hopefully that will work. Btw the halt command worked for me although my pc didnt actually turn off completely it went right to actually saying power off on my screen then the pc made a noise that it makes where usually it turns off then just stayed at a screen. Anyway I'll reinstall and see what happens. Also does anyone know where I can download disc4 of the mandrake linux 10.1. It has the gnome gui on it and I tried to install it and it asked for disc 4 but I only have 3. :S

Thanks for the help man. I'll try out this halt command later when I get the chance. Although I have somehow encountered another problem lately. (possibly due to not shutting down properly)I can only start x gui if I login as the root user. When I try and login with a user account I have created called "james" I have problems. I use the startx command and it then says that the /home/james dir is read-only or something along those lines. I can't remember the exact words it says. I tried making a new account but I had teh same problem. Help me.

When I click on logoff I am brought back to a command "dos-type" line screen. Should the options be there? Im in the UK by the way running at a 800x600 resolution.