Steve Youngs wrote:

> Ah! There is my confusion. To me, a "reboot" and a "shutdown" are
> two different things. And the former won't show you if having the apm
> module loaded will turn off the machine, but the latter will.
>
I do apologise, I usually set/remove the comment when running the
configuration process, <xorgconfig> getting wheel mouse to work etc.
and thus 'reboot' to ensure that all is working, immediately after
installing. I just described the process in my initial answer to the
OP. In the case I described there is no shutdown as such, as <shutdown
-h now> is used, followed by a 'reboot', prior to setting up email.
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