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.