Re: [orca-list] got gnome working 99 percent with ubuntu 12 instructions follow

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Hank Smith <hanksmith hanksmith net> wrote:
> Hello
> is there a way to shut down the system from the run prompt sense I
> can't access the shutdown feature from gnome itself?

sudo poweroff
which does require root privileges because it's changing the run level of the
system.

Alternatively: sudo shutdown -h now
or shutdown -r now if you want to reboot rather than power off.