stop X

Raccoon1400 · 2008-05-01 22:27:27

I'm sure this is simple, but how do I stop X?

Misbah · 2008-05-01 22:40:16

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lessthanjake · 2008-05-01 22:47:32

Depends on your setup! The above works, but X may restart once it is killed.

init 1
or
/etc/init.d/*dm stop

are other solutions.

Misbah · 2008-05-01 22:49:45

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Raccoon1400 · 2008-05-01 22:57:25

control alt backspace and /etc/rc.d/gdm stop both restart x.
Changing runlevel to 3 works, but I want a faster way, that doesn't involve a reboot.

Misbah · 2008-05-01 23:15:38

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lessthanjake · 2008-05-01 23:15:40

Raccoon1400 wrote:

control alt backspace and /etc/rc.d/gdm stop both restart x.

Yes it does I guess if you don't start gdm as a daemon.

Changing runlevel to 3 works, but I want a faster way, that doesn't involve a reboot.

No need for rebooting. init 5 (or whatever you use (for me it is init 1 and than init 3)) and you are back in business.

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