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Re: xdm and getting to the console..



On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Marc W. Brooks wrote:

> At 01:09 PM 8/20/97 -0400, Paul wrote:
> >hi, x runs on console #7 you can go <control><alt><1> through<6> to get to
> >a regular  prompt.
> >hope this helps.
> >Paul
> 
> Thanks, I guess what I was really wondering is whether I can actually
> shutdown X and sit at the console.

After shifting to the console on F1, as root, you may type
"/etc/init.d/xdm stop".  This will shut down xdm.  To restart it later,
you can use "/etc/init.d/xdm start".

Syrus.

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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.



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