Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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Wackojacko wrote:
> Joe Hart wrote:
>> This computer boots strait into KDE because the installer put in the
>> init scripts to start kdm. (I used bootcheat: install tasks="standard,
>> kde-desktop"). If I upgrade something like Xorg (which I did earlier
>> today from sid), all I do is open a tty and login, then type
>> "/etc/init.d/kdm stop" and that stops X, then I start it up again with
>> /etc/init.d/kdm start, log out and go back to X.
>>
> Why not use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. Much quicker. (you could also use
> /etc/init.d/kdm restart from the console to save a little typing :) )
>
> Wackojacko
>
>
You're right. Most of the time I do restart X with the alt-ctrl-bksp,
but that doesn't stop kdm.
It never occurred to me to stop KDM while I am in X, because it is the
service that starts X and I just logically concluded (assumed) that
shutting down kdm from within X would cause problems.
I have learned that there are some things you should only do from a TTY,
such as a dist-upgrade. Perhaps it's paranoia, but I've had problems
with dist-upgrades in the past, but then again, it was not _real_ Debian
that I was running. I am starting to use the tty more and more, and
Konsole less and less. Why? Don't really know, but I think that essay
found here: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6282 made a lot of
sense.
Joe
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