Shutting down

[iansimons]

Got into the Raspbian GUI then found that my mouse doesn't work and being an absolute beginner to this I have a question, can I just unplug the PSU ?

[stevepdp]

It's highly advised not to pull the plug when running Raspbian, as the filesystem may break.

What you can do however, is switch out to another TTY like so:

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CTRL + ALT + F6

Note that you can use F1-F7.

Then, log in on the new TTY and issue the command:

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sudo telinit 0

This will gracefully shut down the Raspberry Pi, or you can reboot it like so:

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sudo reboot

Hope this helps!

[iansimons]

OK thanks but although the keyboard seems to be working OK how do I move the mouse pointer F! - F7 doesn't seem to do anything?

[iansimons]

Thanks Steve I've got there now.

[Super-Nathan]

It's highly advised not to pull the plug when running Raspbian, as the filesystem may break.

What you can do however, is switch out to another TTY like so:

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CTRL + ALT + F6

Note that you can use F1-F7.

Then, log in on the new TTY and issue the command:

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sudo telinit 0

This will gracefully shut down the Raspberry Pi, or you can reboot it like so:

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sudo reboot

Hope this helps!

I may be wrong, but generally the virtual console under "f7" is reserved for an X-windows session. It would be better to only switch from f1-f6