Ending an X session

intels_ss · 07-25-2005, 06:25 PM

This may be incredibly stupid question, but here she goes......

How do you close an X session once already started, without rebooting (obviously other than selecting log out). I trying to get back to command line without being in an X session.

Using Mandrake 10.1 and KDE.

tuxdev · 07-25-2005, 06:39 PM

init 3 sends you to CLI(usually).

cs-cam · 07-25-2005, 06:39 PM

There are a few ways, probably the best is to crack open a terminal and type -

Code:

init 3

You can just terminate X but if you're running a display manager like KDM, GDM, XDM or a few others it'll just start again.

rebelscum · 07-25-2005, 08:11 PM

Since I use kdm and it just restarts when I crtl-alt-backspace, I just do a
#ps -A and then
# kill (whatever kdm pid)

but telinit 3 is faster