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Re: Shutting down X



* lameth <lameth@comcast.net> [021009 15:45]:
> How do you shut X-windows down and get to the command prompt?
> Depending on the response I get from another post I'm thinking of 
> upgrading the drivers for my video card and I'm sure it wouldn't be a 
> bad idea to turn X off while I do so.

If you use xdm:

/etc/init.d/xdm stop

for gdm

/etc/init.d/gdm stop

Nick.

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Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002
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