Re: xdm and getting to the console..
On Wed, Aug 20, 1997 at 10:44:31AM -0700, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> 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.
>
Try pressing ctrl-R when looking at the XDM login screen. That should make
XDM exit. Then type "/etc/init.d/xdm start" as root to restart it.
Regards,
Bengt-Ove!
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