Re: Keeping X from restarting after killing it
On Friday 30 April 2004 18:20, CW Harris wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 02:24:58PM +0200, Markus Lindström wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Where is this configured? I looked through the /etc/initrc file, and
>> didn't find anything relevant to X.
>
> As others have pointed out, probably your /etc/init.d/[gxk]dm file.
>
> "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" to stop gdm.
Does that kill X completely as well as the desktop manager?
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