RE: stop xwindows from loading at boot
There are a few special keystrokes that might come in handy when using
X. If you need to quit X at some point and you cannot close it down
properly, there is a force-quit combination. control-alt-backspace will
kill X and dump you back to a command line.
You can switch back to the command line terminals while running X by
pressing control-alt-function key, which is similar to switching virtual
terminals at the console.
The X session is located on terminal 7, so you can get back into X with
alt-F7. Finally, you can change video modes while running X.
control-alt-numeric keypad + will switch to the next highest resolution,
while control-alt-numeric keypad - will switch to the next lowest
resolution.
http://www.slackware-italia.com/manuale/c1364.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Brenart (TT) [mailto:Rob.Brenart@tradingtechnologies.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:26 PM
To: Tim Cowlishaw; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: stop xwindows from loading at boot
I'm drawing a blank to your specific question right now... but,
Alt-ctrl-F2
Alt-ctrl-F3
Alt-ctrl-F4
Alt-ctrl-F5
Alt-ctrl-F6
Should all take you to console terminals, while Alt-ctrl-F7 will take
you back to the GDM login screen.
Obviously if you're not going to be using X at all, you don't even want
it running to save resources, but that should be a start for you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Cowlishaw [mailto:timcowlishaw@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:16 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: stop xwindows from loading at boot
apologies if i have sent this twice...
hi all,
sorry if this is a dumb / old question,
i have just completed a debian install on an old dell laptop, and have
succesfully got xWindows / GDE to launch at startup. however... i didn't
configure the mouse properly, so everytime i boot into debian, i'm
confronted with a desktop i can't use. therefore, i was wondering if
there is any way i can get back to the console at boot in anyway? bear
in mind i can't just quit gnome, as my mouse doesn't work.
cheers,
tim
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