On Thu, 16 May 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > OK, so, I used xdm to start X and things work fine. When I exit fvwm2 I > get a login prompt. Now, I want to shut down the server. > > A. I can find no xdm process either with ps a or top. Is it hiding? No, it should be there. You should be able to kill it using the /etc/init.d/xdm script: /etc/init.d/xdm stop Steve Early sde1000@cam.ac.uk