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Geminias

01-01-2006 09:18 PM

Turn off X server

i am installing my display drivers and in order to do so it says i need to turn off the X server.

what is the best way to do this?

dogpatch

01-01-2006 09:30 PM

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

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reddazz

01-02-2006 01:18 AM

Code:

#init 3

or on Debian based distros

Code:

#/etc/init.d gdm(or kdm if you use kdm) stop

On most distros Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, will shut the X server and automatically restart it, so its no good.

dogpatch

01-02-2006 10:06 PM

Yes, thank you, you're right about that, of course. Just a little nitpick correction: there should be a slash before 'gdm'

Code:

/etc/init.d/gdm stop

reddazz

01-03-2006 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogpatch

Yes, thank you, you're right about that, of course. Just a little nitpick correction: there should be a slash before 'gdm'

Code:

/etc/init.d/gdm stop

Yep, you are right. Its was a typo on my part.

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