fred smith wrote:
Some things are just plain different between the two installations, and it's stumping me why that would be. Example:
on the old box, the shutdown dialog offers restart, cancel, shutdown, and also standby and hibernate. and the standby and hibernate options work, too.
The new box, it only offers restart, cancel, or shutdown.
Oddly, the main "System" dropdown offers "suspend" as well as "logoff" and "shutdown" submenus.
I'm not an IT guru, or even an _experienced_ user - been using Fedora / Cent for about 4 years. And, it's the only linux I've really used.
Anyway, in my limited experience, various boxes get different options. I've installed Fedora or Cent on about 7 machines (including 1 laptop); somehow, none had identical options in that department. I *think* it may be be MB, or the bios ... ?? On one machine, the user login screen 'Shut down' feature *tries* to shut down, but just returns to the login screen.
I know that the bios have settings for what to do when the power switch is used, and that there is a Preferences feature for this also.