Shutting Down the X Windows

Daejavu · 07-27-2005, 03:51 PM

hi ..

iam installing the Nvidia Display Driver and when i run it , it says that iam running an XServer and need to shut it down first ! i press Ctrl+Alt+F2 and get on the terminal but how do i shutdown the xserver ?

Matir · 07-27-2005, 03:59 PM

This depends on your distribution. On gentoo, it's

Code:

/etc/init.d/xdm stop

Exempt · 07-27-2005, 04:00 PM

su to root and type '/sbin/init 3' and enter... Seems to work for me on various distros ive tried...

TruckStuff · 07-27-2005, 04:00 PM

Platform independent:

Code:

# killall -9 X

Matir · 07-27-2005, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TruckStuff
Platform independent:

Code:

# killall -9 X

Killing -9 is not nice as it does not give it an opportunity to close connections and 'neatly' shutdown. Kill -1 or -15 would be a good thing to try first.

Kdr Kane · 07-28-2005, 09:22 AM

Ctrl-Alt-Backspace key combination kills X.

Matir · 07-28-2005, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kdr Kane
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace key combination kills X.

However, if you run xdm/gdm/etc, X will automatically be restarted by them.

Kdr Kane · 07-28-2005, 09:34 AM

Thanks. That's good to know.

I learned about the key combination yesterday. And KDE kept restarting. But, if I did the key combination several times, it eventually stopped.

I'm trying to figure out why KDE keeps restarting. And it sounds like those other Window Managers do the same thing.

oneandoneis2 · 07-28-2005, 09:52 AM

Same reason the non-graphical login prompt always respawns - If it didn't, the login screen would only let you log in once, and then you'd have to use another terminal

Kdr Kane · 07-28-2005, 09:59 AM

ahhh...

I get it. It worked (killed) because I started X from the command line with startx.

That clears up my question.