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Re: a dumb query? pls humor me



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 :) )

Tends towards ~/.kde corruption.  C+A+Bksp is more of an emergency exit than
a routine method to use.





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