[Question] os.shutdown() -- Now what?

Hey guys,

I've just written my first version of a password protected nuclear reactor activator thanks to the many resources out there.
But there's something I'm stuck on and I can only find lua related querries regarding my predicament.

So at some point my program does os.shutdown() and there I am looking at the console of a shutdown computer:


How do I get out of this? Manually?
I have tried the following to exit this console:

E, control+E, T, Control+T, S, Control+S, the arrow keys.

My method for exiting this console at the moment is control+alt+delete and shutting down Minecraft because even the escape button does nothing.

Am i missing something here?

Thanks guys.

To exit the console you have to press escape.
Is your escape key working? (try outside the computer / when the computer is on)
When that happens, is minecraft working? (check if it says "Not responding" or something)

Hey MysticT,

It must be minecraft bugging up (Its running on Tekkit and maybe it doesn't computer :)/>/>)
I have ideas for alternative solutions so that i don't need an os.shutdown but my programming is not advanced enough. It will prompt me to learn more.

Could you post the code? That way we can see whats wrong.

PixelBlocker, on 25 May 2012 - 09:03 PM said:

Could you post the code? That way we can see whats wrong.

It's not something in the code. It's the escape button not working properly.

Yeah its the escape button bugging it up.
I overcome my original issue by implementing a while true do.

Thanks guys!

You could also change os.shutdown() to os.reboot()

you might also want to try optifine, it has smooth keys that might fix your esc key locking up

abc, on 30 May 2012 - 01:02 AM said:

you might also want to try optifine, it has smooth keys that might fix your esc key locking up

I don't think that's the problem, since the key doesn't work at all. If it happend some times maybe, but not the case.