Re: Login to X Windows System
DRBLONUK@aol.com wrote:
>
> My login now gets me in fine and X Windows is working splendidly and I'm very
> impressed. Love the xfishtank program :) Perhaps there was something wrong
> with what I typed in or maybe it just needed a re-boot to sort itself out.
>
> one other niggling issue.
>
> My install now automatically loads the X-Windows system on start-up which is
> great.
>
> I also know how to remove /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm to prevent XDM for loading at
> boot.
>
> However when I'm in X and choose the exit option I just get an X-Windows
> log-in prompt again and the only way of re-booting is then as far as I can
> tell a cold-boot which forces a check of the drive each time which obviously
> slows things down a tad. I know there must be a less rude way to close down .
> I'm re-booting back into Windoze quite a bit for the time being so it would
> be handy to sort out.
>
You could move to console by "Ctrl+Alt+F1" and then "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" to
reboot or as root "shutdown -r now"
hth,
kent
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