Send the shutdown signal does not work
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Send the shutdown signal does not work
Hi All,
Host: CentoS 5.5
Guest: Fedora Core 14, 64 bit
vbox: 3.2.12
I am noticing the when I press the "X" in the upper corner of my guest's window, that the "Send the Shutdown" signal does not work. this is especially a pain the butt as I frequently loose my keyboard in the guest and the mouse wonk select the internal shutdown. This forces me to do the power off thing.
1) Is "Send the Shutdown" a Windows only function?
2) Is there a way to get "Send the Shutdown" to work?
Many thanks,
-T
Host: CentoS 5.5
Guest: Fedora Core 14, 64 bit
vbox: 3.2.12
I am noticing the when I press the "X" in the upper corner of my guest's window, that the "Send the Shutdown" signal does not work. this is especially a pain the butt as I frequently loose my keyboard in the guest and the mouse wonk select the internal shutdown. This forces me to do the power off thing.
1) Is "Send the Shutdown" a Windows only function?
2) Is there a way to get "Send the Shutdown" to work?
Many thanks,
-T
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
Host+H = acpi shutdown. This should work in Fedora 14 as well.
Note: I just tried it on my Fedora 14 and it works as it should.
But if the keyboard is not working you will not be able to send the commands huh? If the keyboard still works in the host you can use VBoxManage to send the power down. If that fails then I would suggest finding out why the keyboard fails.
Note: I just tried it on my Fedora 14 and it works as it should.
But if the keyboard is not working you will not be able to send the commands huh? If the keyboard still works in the host you can use VBoxManage to send the power down. If that fails then I would suggest finding out why the keyboard fails.
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
What is "Host+H"?Perryg wrote:Host+H = acpi shutdown
Many thanks,
-T
The loss of keyboard and mouse is the stupid thing mocking me.
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
The host key is the right ctrl key by default. Surly you have use that key. If you have any Windows guests it is all but impossible to send the ctrl, alt, delete without it.
Start the guest and click on the top tabs machine, device,help. There you can see what all of the host keys are and what they do.
Start the guest and click on the top tabs machine, device,help. There you can see what all of the host keys are and what they do.
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
Okay that key. I use it to get my mouse back before I get the guest additions installed. I have an arrow taped under it on the keyboard so I won't forget.Perryg wrote:The host key is the right ctrl key by default. Surly you have use that key. If you have any Windows guests it is all but impossible to send the ctrl, alt, delete without it.
Start the guest and click on the top tabs machine, device,help. There you can see what all of the host keys are and what they do.
And, it does not work, either with the guest in focus or the host in focus. RATS!
I also tried clicking on "Machine", "ACPI shutdown" and that ignored me too. I also did the "Machine", "insert ctrl-alt-backspace" and that ignored me as well
Hmmm. Seems like all the "Machine" functions are dead. Any idea how to fix this?
-T
Are you using 32 bit or 64 bit FC14?
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
Both. You haven't disabled acpi have you?Are you using 32 bit or 64 bit FC14?
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
No idea. How do I check?Perryg wrote:Both. You haven't disabled acpi have you?Are you using 32 bit or 64 bit FC14?
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
run dmesg | grep acpi
you should see whether it is disabled or enabled via the messages.
you should see whether it is disabled or enabled via the messages.
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
ACPI can be enabled and loaded, but if there is no ACPI script hooked up to the key signal, nothing will happen. So check if the Guest has ACPI support scripts installed. If it's a server, it usually doesn't have them installed.
Ctrl+alt+backspace combination is disabled for a while now in Xorg and needs additional configuration to get it to be accepted again. Check the distro documentation.
Ctrl+alt+backspace combination is disabled for a while now in Xorg and needs additional configuration to get it to be accepted again. Check the distro documentation.
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
Control Panel > Power Options > Choose what the power buttons do> When I press the Power Button = Shutdown
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
@cholt
I'm pretty sure that almost 9 years after the last reply, all the posters will find this information fascinating!
You shouldn't be necroposting...
I'm pretty sure that almost 9 years after the last reply, all the posters will find this information fascinating!
You shouldn't be necroposting...
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
@socratis: He was absolutely helpful. No need to laugh at people who just want to help.
It just solved my issue.
Thank you
It just solved my issue.
Thank you
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Re: Send the shutdown signal does not work
Are you seriously trying to tell me that in the last 9 years there has not been a single thread dealing with this, and the only solution that you found was from 2010???Laba wrote:It just solved my issue.
Locking this, should have done it a couple of months ago already...
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