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Re: Restarting X after graphical login



On Saturday 09 November 2002 13:06, Richard Hector wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 00:34, Chris Lale wrote:
> > I installed Woody 3.0 from official CDs and it gave me a graphical login
> > (gdm). I prefer it to the command line login, but it means that
> > configuration requiring restarting X presents problems. Often, a reboot
> > is the only sure way.
>
> ...
>
> > 4. The original instance of X is still running <ctrl><alt><F7> and may
> > be unaffected by the changes until X is restarted. The only way to
> > restart is to reboot!
> >
> > Is there a better way?

Press CRTL ALT BACKSPACE
in graphical mode. You can also acces the console by CTRL-ALT F1



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