Re: Subject: Can't find /etc/X11/*

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

ktb wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:37:41AM -0800, Tom Schuetz wrote:

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> > Also, once the X-server is started, how do I safely shut it down from a command line? When I hit ^alt-DEL, it just brings me back to the XDM login; I can get other consoles, but when I try to startx I get told the server is already active for another console- so how do I shut it down? 
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> I hate xdm so I just remove it and use "startx" but if I did like it I
> would "ctrl+alt+F2" run "ps ax" to find the pid number for xdm and 
> then "kill <pid>" or "kill -9 <pid>" if it took that.

Or alternatively, run "/etc/init.d/[xgk]dm stop".

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