Killing X Windows on Redhat 9.0
 

I am trying to install a new version of the X Windows system, and to do so I must shutdown X and install it from the shell, to avoid problems. But, unfortunatly whenever I try to kill X using ctrl+alt+backspace X just restarts itself. How do I shut it down until I manually start it again?

Open a console, su to root and run:

# /sbin/init 3

If that doesn't work, try:

# /sbin/telinit 3

that should kill X and bring you to a command line login(i.e. put you in run level 3).