Re: Keeping X from restarting after killing it
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 02:24:58PM +0200, Markus Lindström <mlindstr@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> I think this thread is pretty self-explanatory. Actually, I want to
> install the binary nVidia drivers, and they require me to shut down the
> X server. Unfortunately, when using the ctrl-alt-backspace interrupt, X
> instantly respawns.
You have xdm.gdm/kdm running right?
> Where is this configured? I looked through the /etc/initrc file, and
> didn't find anything relevant to X.
/etc/init.d/[xgk]dm stop
as root, then it should not respawn.
> Actually, I might as well ask if there's any way to configure two
> separate runlevels that are exactly identical, save the fact that one
> runs without X (? la Mandrakelinux).
# init 2
IMHO, never had *dm on any of my machines.
Cheers,
Laszlo/GCS
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