Re: How do I kill jobs?
The errors you are getting are caused by xdm running. You have to kill
the xdm process before you can start another one. do a ps -aux to make
sure xdm is not there. Also you may want to make sure that you restart
your xserver. Good luck.
Paul
On Thu, 15 May 1997, Alberto Ruiz wrote:
> I followed your steps and when I tried to run startx got the following:
> Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
> If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again.
>
> Sure I remove the lock or check if xdm is still running?
>
>
> >
> > Alberto Ruiz wrote:
> >
> > > How do I list all the jobs, in HP-UX or Solaris, I do ps -eaf and
> > > it lists everything, but I don't think is the same in Linux. I'm
> > > just guessing i way to change the setting on Xwindows by killing
> > > Xwindows, modifying the XF86Config file andrestarting Xwindows.
> > > Am I going in the right way?
> >
> > I don't think so. In linux you get all the processes with ps -ax.
> > There are, however, a lot more options. You might read the manual page
> > with `man ps' :)
> >
> > If you are running xdm (get an X-Windows login screen to login right
> > away after starting your PC) the way to stop it is
> > - switch to a virtual console, e.g. by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 (*)
> > - login as root
> > - stop xdm by typing /etc/init.d/xdm stop
> > - do your configuring
> > - check your new configuration with startx (don't use xdm for testing,
> > it is much harder to stop if things go really wrong)
> > - if it works, exit the Xsession
> > - restart xdm typing /etc/init.d/xdm start
> >
> > (*) This is not mandatory, but more convenient.
> >
> > Read every document you can find on configuring X beforehand.
> > It is not bad idea to create a runlevel that does not start xdm, in case
> > to have to reset when _really_ screwing up X. Anyone know why such a
> > run-level isn't defined by default?
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Eric Meijer
> >
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